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Her skirt is yellow with polka dots.
彼女のスカートは黄色で水玉模様がついている。
I don't like the taste of onions.
私は玉ねぎの味が嫌いだ。
The prime minister's answer was equivocal.
首相の答弁は玉虫色だった。
I come from Saitama.
私は埼玉の出身です。
In Korea, there's a popular theory that says that: "If you eat a quarter of an Iceberg lettuce, you will fall asleep". Thus, amongst truck drivers in Korea, lettuce is known as something that should not be eaten before work.
A quick temper is the only defect in her character.
彼女は気が短いのが玉にきずだ。
A nickel is a five-cent coin.
ニッケルは5セント玉です。
What's more she went and ordered a top up of noodles twice.
しかもこの女、2回も替玉しやがった。
He works fast and is very articulate but his insincerity is his biggest defect.
手八丁口八丁の彼だけど、誠がないのが玉に疵だね。
The employees treat everything the company president says as a golden rule.
社員は皆社長の言を金科玉条としている。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
艱難汝を玉にす。
Galileo dropped two iron balls from the top of the tower.
ガリレオは二つの鉄の玉を塔のてっぺんから落とした。
Her dress is blue with white polka dots.
彼女のドレスは青い地に白の水玉模様がある。
The children are blowing bubbles.
子供たちがシャボン玉を吹いている。
Rose was blowing bubbles.
ローズはしゃぼん玉を吹いていた。
Jeweler! Locksmith!
玉屋!鍵屋!
He blew soap bubbles.
彼はシャボン玉をとばした。
It would only take 100 or 500 yen coins, so I search for change but don't find any.
100円玉か500円玉しか使えないので私は小銭を探したが見当たらない。
When he openly declared he would marry Pablo, he almost gave his grandmother a heart attack and made his aunt's eyes burst out of their sockets; however, his little sister beamed with pride.