Whatever you're doing, starting off on the right foot is essential.
何事も最初が肝心だよな。
A new treatment for hepatitis is being studied.
肝炎の新しい治療法が研究されている。
Bear his advice in mind.
彼の忠告を肝に銘じて忘れるな。
Resignation is the first lesson of life.
何事も諦めが肝心だ。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
始めが肝心。
We must keep calm.
落ち着きが肝心です。
Throat and nose membranes hurt by dry air allow cold viruses to enter more easily. It is important to carry out sensible counter plans against the cold with heaters and against the dryness with humidifiers.
It is not what you read but how you read it that counts.
肝心なのは何を読むかではなくて、どう読むかだ。
I was frightened by the sight.
私はそれを見て肝をつぶした。
The loud noise gave me a terrible fright.
大きな物音で私は肝をつぶした。
It scared the daylights out of him.
彼はびっくりして肝を冷やした。
My husband likes to have a drink in the evening. He drinks 6 or more bottles of sparkling wine and 5 or 6 bottles of warm sake. Sometimes he has a day where he doesn't drink, but it has never lasted for more than two days.