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The Japanese pride themselves on Mt. Fuji, a cone-shaped mountain.
日本人は円錐形の山、富士山を誇りにしている。
Education helps to mold character.
教育は人格の形成を助ける。
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.
Soviet and Western observers have warned that if the Muslim republics do not join the commonwealth, they may from a separate group, setting up a volatile ethnic and religious split.
This sentence is in the present perfect. 'have' is not a verb, but an auxiliary verb.
この文は現在完了形です。haveは動詞ではなく、助動詞。
A cat may be compared to a small tiger, and a tiger may also be compared to a large cat.
猫を小さな虎と形容することも、虎を大きな猫と形容するのと同様に可能だ。
She made the doll for me.
彼女はその人形を私のために作ってくれた。
Who made the doll?
だれがこの人形を作ったか。
Is she making a doll?
彼女は人形を作っていますか。
Their scope and shape is unclear.
それらの範囲や形は不明確である。
Kate is dressing her doll.
ケイトは人形に服を着せている。
The goal of education is not wealth or status, but personal development.
教育の目標は、富や地位ではなく人格の形成にある。
The ideal shape was the teardrop.
理想的な形は涙のひとしずくであった。
She gave me a doll.
彼女は私に人形をくれた。
The word "house" evokes the mental image of a rectangular building with a roof and smoking chimney, which may be surrounded by grass and trees and inhabited by a happy family.
My what a narrow waist! Her face is small, she really looks just like a doll!
まあまあなんて細い腰なの!お顔も小さくて、本当にお人形さんみたい!
A stop sign in Japan has 3 sides, whereas a stop sign in the U.S. has 8 sides.
止まれの標識は日本では3角形だが、アメリカでは8角形だ。
I couldn't help laughing at his haircut.
彼の髪形を見て思わず笑ってしまった。
Covered with dust, the doll stood in the corner of the room.
その人形は、ほこりをかぶって部屋の隅に立っていた。
Mom bought a pretty doll for me.
ママがわたしにかわいい人形を買ってくれた。
Austria's hilly landscapes reminded Mr. Bogart of The Sound of Music.
オーストリアの山がちな地形を見て、ボガート氏の『サウンド・オブ・ミュージック』を思い出しました。
It is not known when the Hinamatsuri first started, but the Nagashibina, in its most primitive form, was already being celebrated during the Heian period.