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.
While they were away on holiday, their neighbours looked after the dog.
あの人たちが休暇で留守にしている間、隣の人たちが犬の面倒をみてやった。
Disneyland was very interesting. You should have come with us.
ディズニーランドはとても面白かったよ。君も来ればよかったのに。
He was paralyzed in the face of danger.
彼は危険に直面して身動きできなかった。
When I first met him, I thought he was putting on airs.
初対面の時、彼は偉そうな態度を取っていると思った。
Tiny blossoms have come out all over the river bank.
小さな花々が川の土手一面に咲いた。
The ground was covered with snow, as far as the eye could see.
見渡す限り地面は雪で覆われていた。
A Mr. Marconi wants to see you.
マルコーニさんとかいう人がご面会です。
I had to take care of her baby.
私は彼女の赤ちゃんの面倒を見なければいけなかった。
This building looks large from the front, but not from the side.
この建物は正面から見ると大きいが横から見るとそうでもない。
Tom laid the racket on the ground.
トムはラケットを地面に置いた。
The area of Canada is greater than that of the United States.
カナダの面積はアメリカ合衆国の面積より大きい。
You must know you are faced by a crisis.
君は危機に直面していることを知らねばならんよ。
Say it to his face, not behind his back.
影でこそこそせず面と向かって彼にそれをいいたまえ。
He took off his glasses and frowned at the nurse.
彼は眼鏡をはずして看護婦に向かってしかめ面をした。
We expected Takahashi to get drunk and say some weird stuff, but he ended up not drinking too much, so it wasn't interesting.
高橋が酔っていろいろ変なことを言うのを期待してたんだけど、結局あんまり飲まずで面白くなかった。
The stories which you will read in this book deal with some of the many problems which face young people.
この本に入っている話は若者が直面する多くの問題のいくつかを取り上げている。
The movie was more interesting than I expected.
その映画は意外と面白かった。
Mahjong is one of the most interesting games.
麻雀は最も面白いゲームのなかのひとつです。
I think his method of teaching cuts both ways.
彼の教育法には、良い面と悪い面の両方ある。
He wrestled his attacker to the ground.
彼は襲撃者を格闘して地面に倒した。
His book is oriented towards children, but here and there are words that he has never seen before. He doesn't know whether it is just him, or if they are just simply difficult words, but he finds them not worth the effort to look up in a dictionary, so he
