While the birth rate is intended to be decreased in developing countries, that of developed nations is selfishly planned to be increased, resulting in the difficulty of getting mutual consent.
Frankly speaking, your way of thinking is out of date.
率直に言うと、君の考え方は時代遅れだ。
Americans are all ears when people say something.
人が何かを率直に言うと、アメリカ人たちは、聞き耳を立てる。
He has a high batting average.
彼は打率が高い。
The movie star ate crow many times because of all the thoughtless things she said.
その映画スターは軽率な発言が多く、何度もあとで謝る事になった。
The actions she took were too careless, and she was left defenseless.
彼女がとった行動はあまりにも軽率で無防備だった。
The failure is due to his carelessness.
その失敗は彼の軽率さのためだ。
The unemployment rate went up to 5%.
失業率は５％にまで上昇した。
Frankly speaking, his new novel is not very interesting.
率直に言って、彼の新しい小説はあまりおもしろくない。
I admire people who express their opinions frankly.
私は率直に意見を述べる人を尊敬します。
The income tax rate increases in proportion as your salary rises.
給与が増えるに比例して、所得税率もあがっていく。
City dwellers have a higher death rate than country people do.
都会人は田舎の人よりも死亡率が高い。
The Japanese telephone system is highly efficient.
日本の電話網は非常に能率的にできている。
Listen to his candid opinion.
彼の率直な意見に耳を傾けなさい。
We have agreed on the rate of discount.
私たちは割引率について合意している。
He liked the boy's frank way of speaking.
彼はその子の率直なものの言い方が好きだった。
She's a plain speaker.
彼女は率直にものを言う。
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.
You have to think of the example you're setting. You'll never be able to lead if you don't set an example worth following.
まずは自ら見本を示す。そういった率先垂範の気持ちがなければ誰も君には付いてこないよ。
This inefficiency is a result of the animal's large body and massive legs and feet, which contribute a sideways motion to its walk.
このように効率が悪いのは、熊の体が大きく、足が太いからである。このため、歩くと体が横に揺れるのだ。
They attributed the low death rate of infants to the progress of medicine.
彼らは幼児の死亡率の低さは医学の進歩のゆえと考えた。
The crime rate is rising steadily.
犯罪率は着実に増加している。
Japan will need more labor to cope with its declining birthrate.
日本は減少中の出生率に対処するため、労働力がもっと必要になるだろう。
This behavior is energy-efficient in an environment where calories can be hard to come by.
このやり方は、カロリーを得がたい環境ではエネルギー効率がよい。
The staff exchanged frank opinions in the meeting.
社員たちは会議で率直な意見を交わした。
They got the sack for being careless and tardy.
あの連中は軽率で、仕事がのろかったから、くびになった。
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.
