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What is difficult about Japanese is how characters are used in its writing system.
日本語の難しい点は文字を使った表記の仕方です。
The refugees took shelter in a refugee camp from the Red-Cross.
避難民は赤十字の避難所に避難していた。
Please let me know if you find any typos or missing words.
誤字脱字を見つけたら教えてください。
His handwriting is bad.
彼は字が下手だ。
He can't write any kanji.
彼は漢字が全く書けない。
Eliminating the deficit will be a hard nut to crack.
赤字を解消するのは大変な難問題です。
She writes an excellent hand.
彼女は素晴らしい字を書く。
While American methods are often successful, the Japanese educational system that produces the most literate people in the world surely has some lessons to teach the U.S.
The couple carved their initials into the oak tree.
恋人たちは自分たちの頭文字をかしの木に刻んだ。
How is your last name written?
あなたの苗字はどのように書くのですか?
We take part in Red Cross movement.
私たちは赤十字運動に参加する。
In the English language many words contain letters which are not pronounced.
英語では多くの単語が発音しない文字を含んでいる。
Tom can't write yet.
トムはまだ字が書けない。
In China, there is a large number of characters, so the goal of the character simplification was to replace the complex traditional characters with easy to remember simplified characters and increase the literacy rate.
This ought to bring in enough money to put us back in the black.
これで赤字が解消されるんではないでしょうか。
Military discipline is literally rigid.
軍隊の規律は文字通り厳しいものだ。
That old man is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
その老人は言わば生き字引だ。
How many grade four kanji have you memorised?
4級の漢字をどれだけ覚えていますか。
Lady Gaga gave $1 million to the Red Cross to help the victims of hurricane Sandy.
レディ・ガガはハリケーン・サンディの被災者救済のため、赤十字に百万ドルを寄付した。
Small print looks dim.
小さい活字がかすんで見えます。
If there's a cheap kanji dictionary in Japan, I will buy it.
日本では安い漢字の辞書があれば、買います。
You haven't mentioned cost, and I won't sign until I know the bottom line.
あなたはコストについて何も言っていないが、それをはっきり数字で確認するまではサインはできません。
The loss reached three million yen.
赤字が300万円に達した。
A crossroads is where two roads meet in an X.
四つ角は二つの道が十字に交わった所である。
Reducing the budget deficit is a major concern of the government.
財政赤字の削減が政府の大きな関心事である。
Can you read this kanji?
君はこの漢字が読めますか。
The lovers engraved the oak tree with their initials.
恋人たちは自分たちの頭文字をかしの木に刻んだ。
The proceeds from the bond issue will be used to finance the budget deficit.
債券発行による調達資金は予算の赤字を補填するのに使われる。
Tom, your handwriting isn't very good, but it's easy to read.
トムの字ってうまくはないけど読みやすいよね。
I took what she said literally.
私は彼女の言うことを文字どおりに受け取った。
Do you know whose handwriting this is?
これ誰の字か分かる?
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