The concept of zero sprang from the Hindu culture.
ゼロという概念はヒンドゥー文化に由来している。
The two countries differ in religion and culture.
その両国は宗教と文化が違っている。
I've run out of money.
私は一文無しになった。
I'm having a hard time with German grammar.
ドイツ語の文法に手こずっています。
Sentences can teach us a lot. And a lot more than just words.
文はたくさんのことを教えてくれる。ただの単語よりずっと多く。
Strictly speaking, this sentence is grammatically incorrect.
厳密に言うと、この文は文法的に正しくない。
She ordered the book from England.
彼女はその本をイギリスに注文した。
Her composition was entirely free from grammatical errors.
彼女の作文は全く文法的誤りがなかった。
Incest is a taboo found in almost all cultures.
近親相姦はほとんど全ての文化において禁忌とされている。
Fundamentally, you're not practicing anything by translating, so even if you say that you can't do it, once you've set your sights on a similar sentence you've seen before that is more natural yet does not quite convey the original sentence's nuances, tra
If it were not for electricity, our civilized life would be impossible.
もし電気が無かったら我々の文明生活は不可能になるだろう。
He has a bad style.
彼のは悪文だ。
This is not what I ordered.
これは注文と違います。
In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.
Will you please use indelible ink so the phrase won't rub out?
文句が消えないように、消えないインクを使ってくれませんか。
When I was a student, I was the worst at composition.
俺学校時代作文本当苦手だった。
Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.
税金は文明社会の代償である。
I am interested in American literature.
私はアメリカ文学に興味がある。
We have carried on a correspondence for years.
私たちは何年も文通をつづけている。
There are many uses of the 'present tense' of Japanese grammar which indicate things yet to happen.
国文法の現在形はこれからのことを示す用法が多い。
The student ordered the book from New York.
その学生はニューヨークにその本を注文した。
Do you have a complaint to make?
何か文句ある?
She ordered the book from London.
彼女は、その本をロンドンに注文した。
She is a perfect dream.
彼女は文句なしの美人だ。
She's always complaining about the food.
彼女はいつも食べ物に文句を言ってばかりいる。
And since she refused to accept it, she had been living in extreme discomfort, exclaiming: "Why should we spend all the capital we are ever likely to have tying ourselves down to a place we detest!"
This is true partly because non-Westerners have begun to take pride in their own cultures and partly because those areas of the world where forks are not used have some of the highest birth rates.