I couldn't help smiling at her childlike frankness.
彼女の子供のような率直さに、私は思わずほほえんでしまった。
The staff exchanged frank opinions in the meeting.
社員たちは会議で率直な意見を交わした。
Frankly speaking, he is more of a hypocrite than a patriot.
率直に言えば、彼は愛国者というよりはむしろ偽善者だ。
The higher the ratio of children to parents, the harder it is to bring up the children.
親に対する子どもの比率が大きくなればなるほど子どもを育てるのは難しくなる。
Japanese women marry at 26 on average. It is no mystery that the birthrate is declining.
日本の女性は平均２６歳で結婚する。出生率が下がっているのも不思議ではない。
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.
Japan's ODA largely consists of concessionary yen credit repayable in 30 years, carrying an interest rate of 2% or so.
日本のＯＤＡは返済期間３０年、利率２％前後という条件の緩い円借款が大部分を占める。
That makes for efficiency.
そうすれば能率が上がりますよ。
Japan's inflation-adjusted GNP growth rate was 5%.
日本の実質ＧＮＰ成長率は５％だった。
Some people listen to music when writing, but others say it hampers their productivity.
音楽を聞きながら書き物をする人もいるが、音楽を聞きながらだと能率が下がるという人もいる。
I like that young man in that he is honest and candid.
正直で率直なので、私はその若者が好きだ。
The birth rate has been decreasing recently.
最近、出生率は低下し続けている。
Frankly speaking, he's wrong.
率直に言って、彼は間違っている。
City dwellers have a higher death rate than country people do.
都会人は田舎の人よりも死亡率が高い。
A quarterly growth of 1.2% means an annual growth rate of 4.8%.
四半期１．２％の成長は年率４．９％の成長率を意味する。
Saying what you think frankly is not a bad thing.
思っていることを率直に言うことは悪いことではない。
The Japanese economy continued to grow by more than 5% annually.
日本経済は毎年５％以上の率で成長を続けた。
We shall never agree on such a careless plan.
そんな軽率な計画で私達の意見は一致しないだろう。
Everybody except him thanked the critic for her honest opinion.
彼以外の皆はその批評家に率直な意見を感謝した。
The growth rate of the Japanese economy will top 0.7% this year.
今年の日本経済の成長率は０．７％を超えるだろう。
Frankly speaking, he is an unreliable man.
率直に言うと、彼は信頼できない男だ。
This computer is powerful, efficient, and easy to use.
このパソコンはハイパワーで高効率で使うのも簡単だ。
Frankly speaking, I don't care for her very much.
率直に言って彼女は好きでない。
While the birth rate is intended to be decreased in developing countries, that of developed nations is selfishly planned to be increased, resulting in the difficulty of getting mutual consent.
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.
