There is a tendency for Japanese to want to know a certain amount of personal information about someone such as age, position and whether they are married or not, before they feel comfortable talking with a stranger.
However, when listening to an unknown foreign language, our ability to discern different words is lost, and we recognize speech as being a stream of sounds without many pauses.
He was found guilty of attempted murder for attacking his mother with a knife.
彼は自分の母親にナイフで切り付け殺人未遂で有罪になった。
No minors allowed.
未成年者おことわり。
His influence is still potent.
彼の影響力は未だ衰えていない。
My brother, being yet unmarried, did not keep house, but boarded himself and his apprentices in another family.
私の兄は、未婚なので、所帯を持たず、奉公人と一緒によその家で食事をしていた。
I'm a stupid old maid in my thirties.
私は30代未婚の愚かな負け犬女です。
The number of unemployed college graduates amounts to more than 4000.
大学卒業生の未就職者は4000人以上に及んでいる。
In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
There are still some savage tribes on that island.
その島にはまだ未開の種族がいる。
The attitude of the court toward young criminals is different from its attitude toward adult criminals.
裁判所が未成年の犯罪者に対してとる姿勢は成人の犯罪者に対する姿勢とは異なる。
The problem of radioactive waste remains unresolved.
放射性廃棄物の問題は未解決のままである。
Thanks to the development of agricultural science, world food production has managed to keep up with population growth - but only at the expense of the future.
We can know the past, but the future we can only feel.
過去は知ることができる。しかし未来は感じることしかできない。
I fear for the future of mankind.
人類の未来が心配だ。
For a start, he was the illegitimate son of an unmarried mother.
まず彼は未婚の母から生まれた私生児である。
I have an outstanding debt of 10 dollars.
私には10ドル未払いの借金がある。
Children under 18 are not admitted.
18歳未満の方は入場できません。
Tell me about your program for the future.
君の未来計画について話してください。
I've been back for a week, but I'm still suffering from jet lag.
帰国して1週間になりますが、未だに時差ぼけが治りません。
The Department of Homeland Security's primary function is the prevention of terrorist attacks occurring within America and, in the extreme case of an attack happening, holding losses to the smallest possible level and swiftly carrying out restoration.
The strength of the firm is attributed to its future-oriented strategy.
その会社の強さは未来志向の戦略によって生みだされている。
The widow had to get through a lot of hardships.
その未亡人は多くの苦難を経験しなければならなかった。
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
未来の実現へのただ一つの限界は、現在への疑いだろう。
Cookie is under 5 years old.
クッキーは5歳未満だ。
To tell the truth, the widow suffered from stomach cancer.
実を言うと、その未亡人は胃ガンを病んでいた。
Nobody knows the future.
未来は誰にも分からない。
These are both called "future volitional" and include the intent of the subject.
これらはどちらも”意志未来”と呼ばれるもので、主語の意図が含まれています。
The known must be separated from the unknown.
既知のことは未知のことと区別しなくてはならない。
There is no knowing what will happen in the future.
未来に何が起こるか知ることはできない。
The past can only be known, not changed. The future can only be changed, not known.
過去は知られているが変えられない。未来は未知だが変えることができる。
His knowledge of French is poor.
彼のフランス語の知識は未熟だ。
I'm a thirty-year-old unmarried woman.
私は30代未婚の愚かな負け犬女です。
Imported cars account for less than eight percent.
輸入車は8%未満しか占めていない。
In most countries, people under the age of 18 are considered minors - they cannot vote.
多くの国で、18才以下は未成年とみなされ、投票することはできない。
She is still under age.
彼女はまだ未成年だ。
Children under thirteen years of age are not admitted to this swimming pool.
このプールは13歳未満の子供の入場を許可されていない。
They left the problem unsolved.
彼らはその問題を未解決のままほっておいた。
Adverbial time clauses (here 'when') write about the future in the present tense.
時の副詞節(ここではwhen)は、未来のことがらを現在時制で表します。
Precognition is the act of using spiritual-power to know things that will occur in the future.
予知能力とは霊力を使って、未来に起こることがらについて知ること。
Spring makes us hopeful about the future.
春は私たちに未来への希望を抱かせる。
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
At the funeral, the widow looked very dignified, with her black suit, hat and gloves.
お葬式で、未亡人は黒いスーツ、帽子そして手袋をしてとてもしっかりとして見えた。
The question is left in abeyance.
問題は未解決のままだ。
My unpaid liabilities are still $100.
私にはまだ未払いの借金が100ドルある。
He is hardly more than a lad.
彼はまだ未成年でしかない。
Entrance is restricted to those above 18.
18歳未満の方の入場は禁じます。
If you have not paid because you are displeased with something we have done, would you tell us what it is?
私どもがお気に召さないことをしたことが未払いの原因となっているのでしたらご指摘ください。
"What does U.F.O. stand for?" "It means Unidentified Flying Object, I guess."
「U.F.Oとは何を表しているの」「未確認飛行物体のことだと思う」
The government didn't take appropriate measures to prevent the infection from spreading.
政府は感染の拡大を未然に防ぐための適切な措置を取らなかった。
I have a lot of work still outstanding.
私には未処理の仕事がまだたくさんある。
The problem remains unsolved.
その問題は未解決のままである。
Tom was unmarried.
トムは未婚だった。
The future progressive tense is used when expressing events and action in progress at some future point, however the example sentence cannot be understood in that way.
The site for the new factory has not been decided.
新工場の建設用地はまだ未定である。
The Recruit scandal is a corruption scandal concerning public officials and politicians who accepted as bribes undisclosed shares from the RecruitCoscom company. The shares had been rising steadily.