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He must have been named after his grandfather.
彼の祖父にちなんで名前を付けられたに違いない。
I have a dim memory of my grandmother.
私は祖母のことをかすかに覚えている。
My grandfather made it a rule to take a walk before breakfast.
私の祖父は朝食前に散歩するのを常としていた。
There's a rumor in my mother's village that we have Japanese ancestors. I don't know what to make of it.
私の母の村には日本人の祖先がいたという噂がある。でも私にはどういうことだか分からない。
My grandmother looks after the children during the daytime.
昼間は祖母が子供の面倒を見てくれます。
My grandfather used to make furniture for himself.
祖父はよく自分で家具を作ったものだ。
My grandfather comes from Osaka.
祖父は大阪の出身です。
My grandfather likes to walk.
私の祖父は散歩することが好きです。
The baby was named Peter after his grandfather.
赤ん坊は祖父の名をとってピーターと名づけられた。
I love my motherland.
私は祖国を愛している。
My grandfather keeps early hours.
祖父は早寝早起きをします。
My grandfather tells us about old things.
祖父は昔の話をしてくれます。
They defended their country.
彼らは祖国を守った。
Japan is, as it were, his second home.
日本は、いわば、彼の第２の祖国だ。
His grandfather was a soldier of high degree.
彼の祖父は高級軍人だった。
He betrayed his country.
彼は祖国を裏切った。
My grandfather made the company what it is today.
祖父が会社を今日ある姿にした。
They were never to return to their country.
彼らは２度と祖国へ戻ることはなかった。
The workers do not have a fatherland.
労働者は祖国をもたない。
My grandmother walks faster than me, and plays tennis better than I do.
祖母は私より歩くし、私よりテニスがうまい。
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.
Her grandmother lived to be eighty-eight years old.
彼女の祖母は８８歳まで生きました。
My grandmother is still vigorous at 82 years old.
祖母は82歳でなお矍鑠としています。
I don't remember my grandmother's face exactly.
私は祖母の顔を正確には覚えていない。
We are determined to protect the motherland.
我々は祖国を守る覚悟ができている。
The child was named Sophia after her grandmother.
その子は祖母の名をとってソフィアと名付けられた。
My grandmother became sick last week.
祖母は先週病気になった。
She was educated by her grandfather.
彼女は祖父に教育された。
My grandfather is 90 years old and very lively.
祖父は９０歳でとても元気です。
My grandmother lives in the country.
祖母は田舎に住んでいます。
The father of a father is a grandfather, a grandfather's father is a great-grandfather, a great-grandfather's father is a great-great-grandfather, but no word has been decided upon for the generations before great-great-grandfather.
父の父は祖父、祖父の父は曽祖父、曽祖父の父は高祖父だが、高祖父より前の世代の呼称は決まっていない。
My grandmother used to go out for a walk almost every day, but now she seldom, if ever, goes out.
祖母は以前ほとんど毎日散歩に出かけていたが、今はめったに外出しなくなった。
The learned man worships his ancestors.
その学者は自分の祖先を崇拝している。
My grandfather, being hard of hearing, often makes an irrelevant answer.
私の祖父は耳が遠いので、よくトンチンカンな返事をする。
The flag of his fatherland brought tears to his eyes.
祖国の旗を見ると彼は目に涙が浮かんだ。
In my secondary school days, I was much impressed by how my hospitalised grandfather would often tell the nurses there, "Thank you, I appreciate your help."
