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He lived in a house remote from the village.
彼は人里離れた家に住んでいた。
A miss is as good as a mile.
一つ間違えば一里も狂う。
My aunt lives in a lonely house in the country.
叔母は田舎の人里離れた家に住んでいる。
There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.
１００里を行く者は９９里を半ばとする。
The Imari porcelain plate that my father cherished was quite heavy.
祖父が大事にしていた伊万里焼の皿は、ずっしりと重かった。
Bad news travels quickly.
悪事千里を走る。
You can't hide the fact that you're having a hard time. Bad news travels fast you know.
都合の悪いこと、そうそう隠しとおせるもんじゃないよ。悪事千里を行く、っていうだろう。
Mr Sato was standing on top of a boulder.
里さんは岩の上に立っていました。
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
千里の道も一歩から。
The Great Wall of China is more than 5,500 miles long.
万里の長城は五千五百マイル以上の長さがあります。
Rome was not built in a day.
千里の道も一歩から。
My hometown is adjacent to the ocean.
僕の郷里の町は海に接している。
Mariko went to the aesthetic salon.
麻里子はエステに行った。
Malicious gossip spreads like wildfire. I guess that's why they say bad news travels fast.
悪事千里を走るって言うだろう。悪い噂はアッという間に広まっちゃうのさ。
He must be homesick.
かれはきっと里心がついています。
When I was in Paris, I became acquainted with two or three painters, and I went to visit their atelier from time to time. I was always fascinated by their method of work and their way of life.
The party leader rattled on at great length about future policies.
党首は今後の方針を一瀉千里に述べ立てた。
This is a horror staple - young men and women spend a night of terror in an isolated house.
若い男女が人里離れた洋館で恐怖の一夜を過ごすという、ホラーの定番スタイルだ。
My home town is adjacent to the ocean.
私の郷里の町は海に接している。
Mariko went to the aesthetic salon.
麻里子はエステティック・サロンに行きました。
We're all at sea about where to take our company from here.
これからどう会社を経営していったらいいのか、五里霧中だ。
Mari has been to Hungary.
麻里はハンガリーに行ったことがある。
The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.
お里が知れる。
Well they say bad news travels fast.
悪事千里を走るって言うからね。
Does he often call his parents at home?
彼は郷里の両親によく電話しますか。
Midori sometimes drops consonants.
美土里は時々子音が落ちる。
Living as he did in remote countryside, he seldom came up to town.
彼は人里離れた田舎に住んでいるので、町に来ることはめったにない。
You say po-tah-to I say po-tay-to. Rika is just that sort of girl. There's no way to win a battle of words with her.
あー言えば、こーゆー。里香ってばそんなヤツだ。文句の言い合いで勝てるわけない。
My aunt lives in a lonely house in the country.
祖母は田舎の人里はなれた家に住んでいる。
Mr Sato practices archery in the weekends.
里さんは週間に弓道をします。
This puppy is crying, because it is homesick for its mother.
この子犬は里心がついて泣いているんだ。
Is Mr Sato good at literature?
里さんって文学が上手ですか。
Recently my brother in law, artillery major Y, came back from a three year trip in Paris. Surrounded by a great number of souvenirs he had brought back, we heard tales of his travels.
