We experience and understand the world through signals that are received by the senses and interpreted by the brain - and both stages are subject to distortion.
And so, knowledge from the past, mixed up with assumptions about that knowledge, which may be more or less appropriate, is used to augment information provided by the senses.
They left at 5 o'clock, so they ought to be home by 6.
彼らは五時に出たので、六時までには家に着くはずです。
What is 5814 rounded to the nearest thousand?
5814を千の位に四捨五入すれば何になりますか。
He is better off now than he was five years ago.
彼は五年前よりも暮らし向きがよい。
At the same time, the clerk Natsue Arimura told Gokijo of his intent to resign after this month.
同じ頃、事務員・有村夏恵は、今月を限りに退職する旨を五鬼上に申し入れた。
In England, Labor Day is in May.
英国では労働祭は五月にある。
My watch gains five minutes a day.
私の時計は日に五分進む。
This drawing dates back to the fifteenth century.
この絵画は十五世紀のものだ。
40, 50, is a snot-nosed brat.
四十五十は鼻たれ小僧。
This tour takes in each of the five main islands.
この旅行には主な五つの島がどれも含まれている。
We will have been studying English for five years next February.
私たちは今度の2月で五年間英語を勉強していることになります。
Smell is one of the five senses.
嗅覚は五感の一つです。
I take five kinds of magazines every month.
私は毎月五種類の雑誌をとっている。
It's five o'clock somewhere now.
どこかは今五時だろう。
The judge sentenced him to a jail term of five years.
裁判官は彼に五年の懲役刑を宣告した。
This book is my good luck charm; I read it every five months.
その本は私のお守りですから、五ヶ月おきに読みます。
I'm suffering from a frozen shoulder.
五十肩に悩まされています。
In Switzerland, spring comes in May.
スイスでは五月に春がくる。
Five times five is twenty five.
五の五倍は二十五。
I've got to take my library books back before January 25th.
僕は一月の二十五日までに図書館の本を返却しなければならない。
It's a quarter to two.
二時十五分前です。
Our family consists of five members.
家の家族は五人からなる。
My sister-in-law had four children in five years.
義理の姉は五年間で四人の子供を生んだ。
My watch loses five minutes a day.
私の時計は一日に五分遅れる。
It took me five hours to finish the work.
その仕事を終えるのに五時間かかった。
I'd like to confirm my hotel reservation on May 5th.
五月五日のホテルの予約確認をしたいのですが。
The Great Wall of China is more than 5,500 miles long.
万里の長城は五千五百マイル以上の長さがあります。
I asked her to call me at five o'clock.
五時に起こしてくれるように彼女に頼んだ。
More than five years have passed since I came to live in this house.
私がこの家に住むようになってから、もう五年以上になる。
The square of 5 is 25.
五の二乗は25である。
On November 15th the seven-five-three festival when parents with boys of five, girls of seven and either boys or girls of three dress, celebrate children's maturation, dress them in gay clothes and take to shrines where they pray for their children's futu