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When I was in my first years of grade school, my father taught me a haiku and I longed to be a poet. On my Tanabata wish, I also wrote "Please make me a poet". Thirty years have passed and my wish has been granted. I am without doubt an invalid.
It's OK to think of 'five minutes' as a noun phrase, right?
「five minutes」って名詞句でいいんですよね?
I get the feeling you still have an axe to grind. If you've got something to say come on out and say it.
どうも君は未だ胸に一物もっているような気がする。文句があればはっきり言ってよ。
This is his formula.
これが彼の決まり文句です。
Why am I the only one they complain of? They're just making an example out of me and using me as a scapegoat.
なんで俺だけが文句言われるのかな。一罰百戒のつもりでスケープゴートにされたんじゃかなわないよ。
She's always complaining about the food.
彼女はいつも食べ物に文句を言ってばかりいる。
The amateur singer won first in the talent show hands down.
あのシロウト歌手は文句なくタレントショーで一位となった。
He's always complaining about the food.
彼はいつも食べ物に文句を言ってばかりいる。
Stop your grumbling and get the work out of the way.
ブーブー文句ばかり言ってないで、サッサと仕事を片付けろよ。
If that washing machine goes wrong again, I shall complain to the manufacturer.
もしその洗濯機の調子がまた狂ったら、製造会社に文句を言ってやろう。
His constant complaints aroused my rage.
彼が始終文句を言うので私の怒りが爆発した。
Don't cry before you're hurt.
何もされていないうちから文句をいうな。
She complained to him about the noise.
雑音について彼女は彼に文句を言った。
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。
How dare he complain?
よくも彼は文句が言えたものだ。
This type of noun phrase is called a "concealed question".
このような名詞句を隠れ疑問文(concealed question)といいます。
This is a sentence, that has the syllable count, of a good haiku.
この文は俳句の調べ持つ文よ。
You do nothing but complain! You're not the only one who's having a hard time.
文句ばかり言わないでよ。大変なのはあなただけじゃないんだから。
You're always complaining.
あなたはいつも文句ばかり言っている!
Foreign businessmen living in Tokyo often complain of the high prices for imported western food.
東京に住んでいる外国のビジネスマンたちは、輸入欧米食料品の高価格にしばしば文句を言う。
And since she refused to accept it, she had been living in extreme discomfort, exclaiming: "Why should we spend all the capital we are ever likely to have tying ourselves down to a place we detest!"