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A huge federal budget deficit has been plaguing the American economy for many years.
巨大な連邦財政赤字がアメリカ経済を長年に渡って苦しめている。
The company is in deficit.
会社が赤字になる。
The company has decided to sell some of its money-losing units.
同社は赤字の子会社のいくつかを売却することにした。
Please read the numbers on the meter.
メーターの数字を読んでください。
We must guard against mistakes in spelling.
われわれはつづり字の間違いに注意しなければならない。
Clever as he is, he still cannot solve this math problem.
彼は賢いけれど、まだこの数字の問題が解けない。
The proceeds from the bond issue will be used to finance the budget deficit.
債券発行による調達資金は予算の赤字を補填するのに使われる。
Compile an essay on that topic within a fixed number of letters.
それについて、決められた字数以内に作文を纏める。
"Let's see, you're ... er, um ... M-" "You're wrong from the first letter!!"
「あなたはたしか・・・えーと、えーと・・・も」「頭文字から間違っとるわい!!」
These figures don't add up.
これらの数字は合計と合わない。
Magazines let writers write what they want and decide how to lay it out afterward, but that magazine prioritizes its design, so it sets a predetermined limit on how many words are in it.
The company once again went into the red. It is beyond saving.
その会社はまた赤字になった。救いようがない。
He peered at the small print in a newspaper.
彼は新聞の小さな活字をじっとみた。
The detective questioned literally thousands of people about the incident.
刑事は文字通り何千人もの人に事件についての聞き込みを行った。
May eighth is World Red Cross Red Crescent Day.
5月8日は世界赤十字デーです。
I took what she said literally.
私は彼女の言うことを文字どおりに受け取った。
How many grade four kanji have you memorised?
4級の漢字をどれだけ覚えていますか。
Written words, carrier pigeons, the telegraph, and many other devices carried ideas faster and faster from man to man.
文字、伝書鳩、電信、その他多くの方法で、情報はますます速く人から人へと伝えられるようになった。
She has good handwriting.
彼女は字が上手だ。
What does this kanji mean?
この漢字はどういう意味ですか。
In China, there is a large number of characters, so the goal of the character simplification was to replace the complex traditional characters with easy to remember simplified characters and increase the literacy rate.