Divorce tends to be associated with a negative image.
離婚と言うと悲観的なイメージを連想しがちである。
Human rights groups are putting pressure on authoritarian governments.
人権擁護団体は独裁的な政府に圧力をかけています。
I'm glad we didn't go there because there were some localized heavy rain showers.
局地的な大雨だったらしいけど、行かなくて正解だったよ。
No problem demands more urgency than the human conditions of life.
生活条件を人間的なものにすることほど緊急を要する問題はない。
I will accomplish my purpose at any cost.
私はどんな犠牲を払っても、私の目的を達成するつもりだ。
After the bushfires, we have independently decided to call off this year's fireworks display.
山火事の後なので今年の花火大会は自主的に中止を決定しました。
I think your basic theory is wrong.
君の基本的な理論はおかしいと思う。
My general impression is that it is very good.
私の全体的な印象ではそれは非常によい。
The arrow fell wide of the mark.
その矢は的から大きく外れた。
This kind of case is amenable to statistical treatment.
この種の事例は統計的処理が適応できる。
She is no less charming than her sister.
彼女は姉に劣らぬほど魅力的だ。
Finally, he attained his goal.
ついに彼は目的を達成した。
Rows of houses, each of them different and pleasing with their spacious gardens, are replaced by purely functional blocks of flats which have nothing more to commend them than over-praised 'modern conveniences'.
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A population policy should be considered on the international viewpoint so as to balance the interests of both sides.
両者の利害の調整を図りつつ、国際的視野に立った人口政策を考えていかなければならない。
Since you have already also become an adult, you must become independent economically from your parents.
君ももう成人したのだから、親から経済的に自立しなければならない。
No matter how much I rush it, miscellaneous work keeps piling up and I can't catch up with it.
どんなに焦っても庶務的な仕事がどんどん溜まってきて追いつかない。
The food at the new restaurant is nothing special - average at best.
新しいレストランの食事は特にどうということはない。よくて平均的といったところだ。
He cloaked his evil intentions with his friendly behavior.
彼は友好的にふるまって邪悪な意図を隠した。
The news of the accident was a great shock to me.
その事故のニュースは、私には大変衝撃的なものだった。
He achieved his purpose of studying abroad.
彼は留学という目的を達成した。
Japan has economically become a powerful nation.
日本は経済的に強力な国家になった。
He is the talk of the town.
彼は町中のうわさの的です。
He is an active person.
彼は活動的な人だ。
Solar energy seems to offer more hope than any other source of energy, particularly because those areas most in need of water lie rather close to the equator and have a relatively clear atmosphere.
Everyone has his intellectual desire; mine is to escape life as I know it.
誰にも知的な願いがあるが、私の願いは私が知っているような人生から逃避することである。
I believe she is a charming girl.
彼女は魅力的な子だと思う。
Strictly speaking, this sentence is not grammatical.
厳密にいうと、この文は文法的には間違いである。
His reply was short and to the point.
彼の返事は短くしかも的を得ていた。
The work of art, I decided, was the final product of human activity, and the final justification for all the misery, the endless toil and the frustrated strivings of humanity.