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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.
The Japanese and Chinese pronunciation for kanji is very different, isn't it?
日本語と中国語の漢字の発音はとても違いますね。
We take part in Red Cross movement.
私たちは赤十字運動に参加する。
Alpha, beta and gamma are Greek letters.
アルファ、ベータ、ガンマはギリシャ文字です。
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.
文字はそれが半ば商売、半ば芸術であるとき最高に栄える。
Four is an unlucky number in Japan.
4は日本では不吉な数字だ。
He explained the literal meaning of the phrase.
彼はその句の文字どおりの意味を説明した。
Place your skis in an inverted V.
あなたのスキーを逆V字型にしなさい。
Tom is left-handed, but he writes with his right hand.
トムは左利きだが、字を書くときは右手だ。
The English alphabet has 26 letters.
英語のアルファベットは26文字だ。
The boy has learned to read.
その男の子は字を読むことを覚えた。
A huge federal budget deficit has been plaguing the American economy for many years.
巨大な連邦財政赤字がアメリカ経済を長年に渡って苦しめている。
Churches are designated on the map with crosses.
教会は地図の上では十字架で表されている。
Tom, your handwriting isn't very good, but it's easy to read.
トムの字ってうまくはないけど読みやすいよね。
He explained the literal meaning of the sentence.
彼はその文章の文字どおりの意味を説明した。
The government is running its largest deficit ever.
政府は史上最大の赤字をかかえています。
A crossroads is where two roads meet in an X.
四つ角は二つの道が十字に交わった所である。
My surname is Wan.
私の苗字はワンです。
Four is an unlucky number in Japanese.
4は日本語では縁起の悪い数字だ。
The couple carved their initials in an oak tree.
恋人たちは自分たちの頭文字をかしの木に刻んだ。
He anonymously donated a large sum of money to the Red Cross.
彼は匿名で赤十字に多額のお金を寄付した。
The sign "&" stands for "and".
&のマークはandの文字を表す。
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.