It was believed that the emperor's position was bestowed by the gods.
皇帝の位は神から授かったものだと信じられていた。
There is a tendency for Japanese to want to know a certain amount of personal information about someone such as age, position and whether they are married or not, before they feel comfortable talking with a stranger.
I am sure you will take an active role in your new position.
新しい地位でご活躍することを確信しています。
Then Hawking wanted to finish his degree, work at Cambridge, and keep on living.
その後、ホーキングは、学位を取り、ケンブリッジで研究を行い、生き続けたいと思った。
I can't bring myself to tell him that there is no hope of his being given the position.
私は、彼がその地位を与えられる見込みはないということを彼に話す気にはなれない。
The university conferred its highest degree on him.
その大学は彼に最高の学位を授けた。
Hokkaido lies in the north of Japan.
北海道は日本の北に位置しています。
He was removed from his post because he was idle.
彼は、怠け者なのでその地位から解任された。
Fortune 500 companies were the hardest hit by recent legislation.
フォーチューン誌上位500社は新しい法律で最も打撃を受けました。
After fifteen years at a building firm, Bill Pearson was given the responsible position of area manager.
ビル・ピアソンは、建設会社で15年働いた後、地区支配人という責任ある地位を与えられた。
An expensive car is a status symbol.
高級車は地位の象徴である。
In nine cases out of ten he will take the first place.
十中八九、彼は一位になるだろう。
She can swim as fast as her brother.
彼女はお兄さんと同じ位の速さで泳げます。
But where is this compass?
しかしこの方位磁石はどこにありますか。
The goal of education is not wealth or status, but personal development.
教育の目標は、富や地位ではなく人格の形成にある。
How many times a month do you write a letter to your mother.
あなたはお母さんに1ヶ月に何回位手紙を書きますか。
Nobles do not exist merely because there is a peerage system. Even if there were no peerage system, there will be people who are naturally dominant and who will quickly rise to nobility. So much for our nobility then. Why, we are mere peasants.
When it comes to advertising, Coke is ahead of the game.
広告に関してはコークの方が優位にたっている。
Of course "Hayabusa" is not actually closing in on the Sun, it is just positioned as in the figure so that, seen from the Earth, it is on the opposite side of the Sun; this is called 'conjunction'.