He believes in the superstition that 13 is an unlucky number.
彼は１３が不吉な数だという迷信を信じている。
Hello, I have a reservation, my name is Kaori Yoshikawa. Here is the confirmation card.
吉川かおりと言いますが予約しています。これが予約確認書です。
Quick let's get started on the project proposal while the idea is still fresh in our minds. There's no time like the present.
思い立ったが吉日、さっそくプロジェクトの企画案を書き始めよう。
The good news spread through the village quickly.
その吉報は大変すばやく村中に広がった。
When Chokichi thought listlessly about this winter, and the similar winter before and the one before that, he vividly experienced the fact that as people grow older, they gradually lose their happiness.
A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.
By the way, the pastry known as "Shu Cream" in Japan is not known under this name neither in England nor in France. If you ask for a "Shu Cream" in England, you will end up comically receiving shoe shine.
Yukichi Fukuzawa introduced Western ideas into Japan.
福沢諭吉は日本に西洋思想を広めた。
The other day, we chose Yoshida to be the catcher on our school's baseball team.
私たちは先日、吉田君を我が野球チームのキャッチャーに選んだ。
Calm down a little, Kissho, your bumpkin nature is standing out!
すこし落ち着け吉祥、おのぼりさん丸出しだぞ。
Mr Yoshida is too severe with his children.
吉田さんは子供に対して厳格すぎる。
Take your time, Yoshida.
吉田、ゆっくりやれよ。
Some people say thirteen is an unlucky number.
１３は不吉な数であるという人がいる。
Chokichi keenly felt that people, as they get older, forget entirely about the worries that only young people know about and that they themselves experienced in their youth; and that they nonchalantly take this convenient disposition where they judge hars
