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This is an example sentence.
これは例文です。
As a rule, we have three meals a day.
私達は通例、1日に3回食事をする。
There is no rule without exceptions.
例外のない規則はない。
He likes strange animals, things like snakes, for example.
彼は不思議な生物、例えばヘビのような生物が好きです。
One of the reasons Twitter is popular in Japan is a characteristic of Japanese itself: Japanese uses ideograms which enable it to convey more information in just 140 characters than other languages, not counting Chinese. Incidentally, the Japanese version
When parents get old in Japan, they are customarily looked after by their children.
日本では親は年をとると、通例子供たちの世話になる。
Everybody without exception must take the test.
全員が例外なくその試験を受けなくてはならない。
Like, 'Hey, I just saw a blue paper square!'
例えば、『ねえ、ちょうど今青い四角の紙を見たよ。』のようにだ。
On the surface the book consists mostly of a series of case histories.
表面上、本書の大部分は一連の事例の変遷を記録したものである。
Truth is usually expressed in the present tense.
真理は通例現在時制で表現される。
I remember that place.
例の場所のこと、思い出してます。
I insist that exceptions not be made.
例外は作るべきではないと思います。
You've set a bad example.
君は悪い前例を作ってしまった。
Wherever you may go, you may find examples of his evil doings.
どこへ行こうとも、彼の悪行の例が見つかるでしょう。
This is an exception to the rule.
これはその規則の例外である。
The future progressive tense is used when expressing events and action in progress at some future point, however the example sentence cannot be understood in that way.
There are a lot of old cities in Italy. Rome and Venice, for example.
イタリアには多くの古い都市がある。例えばローマとかベネチアだ。
Instead use words like "some", "many", "often", and begin statements with openers like, "In my experience, ...", "Excuse me if I'm wrong, but...", "In many instances, ...."
As is often the case with her, she didn't show up on time.
例によって彼女はまた時間通りには現われなかった。
The punishment should be in proportion to the crime.
罪に比例して罰するべきだ。
Don't forget that there are exceptions.
例外があることをお忘れなく。
Tom copies dirty example sentences he finds in his dictionary into his notebook and memorizes them.
トムは辞書で見つけた卑猥な例文をノートに写して暗記している。
Our earnings are in proportion to our real ability.
我々の稼ぎは実力に比例している。
A man will succeed to the same extent as he perseveres.
人は忍耐に比例して成功するものだ。
In my social studies class, for example, there are often discussions that include the teacher as another member of the group.
例えば、社会科の授業では、先生がメンバーの一人になって、議論がされることがしばしばあります。
He has extracted a great many examples from the grammar book.
彼はその文法書から多くの用例を引用している。
The unprecedented drought did severe damage to the wheat harvest.
前例のない干ばつが小麦の収穫に甚大な被害をもたらした。
The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence.