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You shouldn't say it.
あなたはそのことを言わないままにしておく方がよい。
Since women are taking on more responsibilities at work and in the community, it is said that the number of women with stress from both child-rearing and work is increasing.
Even Japanese people make mistakes using the prefixes 'o' and 'go'.
日本人でさえも接頭辞の「お」と「ご」の使い方を間違える。
You should put your ideas in writing.
貴方の考えを書き留めておいた方がよい。
How do you derive the length of the circumference? I've forgotten.
円周の長さの求め方ってどうでしたっけ?忘れました。
She was at a loss for what to do.
彼女は何をしてよいのか途方に暮れた。
The accident took place on the evening of last Sunday.
その事故はこの前の土曜日の夕方に起こった。
A wise businessman knows how to clamp down on costs.
賢明な経営者はコストをぎりぎりまでさげる方法を知っていますよ。
All in favor of this proposition will please say Aye.
この提議を支持される方は賛成とおっしゃって下さい。
The twins look so much alike it's next to impossible to distinguish one from the other.
その双子はよく似ているので一方を他方と区別するのはほとんど不可能だ。
I have been asked by a reader about free and direct translations.
読者の方から意訳と直訳について質問されました。
I was at a loss when I lost my house key.
私は家の鍵を失って途方にくれた。
We sided with him in the controversy.
その論争で我々は彼に味方した。
He has no distinct idea of how to proceed.
彼は仕事の進め方について明確な考えを持っていない。
I prefer red wine to white wine.
私は白ワインよりも赤ワインの方が好きだ。
How can I get to the hospital by bus?
バスでの病院の行き方を教えてください。
It may be advantageous to me to proceed in this way.
このようなやり方で進むことは私にとって都合がよいかもしれない。
Once, when I went to my friend Kawai's house, he fired a pistol. He thought it was not loaded and pointed it at my mouth, but it was and the bullet grazed my ear before hitting the closet.
I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.