Knowing very well that his wife wanted to go to a movie, the husband, who was a dog in the manger, cooked up a scheme whereby they had to stay at home waiting for a certain visitor who was not expected to come.
The landlord told me a cock and bull story about why we didn't have heat for three days.
家主は、この３日間暖房がきかなかった理由をあれこれ並べ立てたが、どうせ見え透いたウソだった。
None of these offices have air-conditioning.
ここの事務所には、どこにも冷房がない。
This room is air-conditioned.
この部屋は冷房してある。
Mr Tanaka makes a living by running a small stationery shop near the station.
田中さんは駅の近くで小さな文房具店を経営して生活を立てています。
Were you shouting at my wife?
女房にどなってたのはおまえさんか。
If it's badly insulated, it won't warm up regardless of how much heating you use.
断熱が悪いと、いくら暖房してもちっとも暖かくならない。
You can't turn the heat off as long as the system is operating.
その装置が作動している間は暖房を止めることはできない。
A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.
女房の悪さは六十年の不作。
Incidentally this room doesn't have anything like an air-conditioner. All it has is a fan.
ちなみに、この部屋には冷房設備なんて物は何も無い。あるのはうちわだけ。
The heater is broken.
暖房が故障しています。
She wears the trousers in that house.
あの家は女房が亭主をしりに敷いている。
We measured the electricity used during air cooling in the same way as heating, and compared the old model air conditioner to the energy conservation (2001) model.
暖房と同様に、冷房時の消費電力量を測定し、旧型と省エネ型（２００１年製）のエアコンを比較しました。
I would like an air-conditioned room.
冷房のある部屋が欲しいです。
Does the room have air conditioning?
その部屋は冷房がついていますか。
My wife burst into tears.
女房が突然泣き出した。
My wife holds the purse strings in our family.
我が家では女房が財布の紐を握っている。
You are expected to put out lamps and heaters before you leave the office.
退社前に電灯や暖房器を消すことになっている。
The heater is broken.
暖房が壊れています。
In other words, she became a good wife.
言い換えれば、彼女は良き女房になった。
My wife's hands are slightly smaller than the shop assistant's.
女房は店員さんより一回り小さい手だ。
The house is heated by solar energy.
その家は太陽エネルギーで暖房されている。
Throat and nose membranes hurt by dry air allow cold viruses to enter more easily. It is important to carry out sensible counter plans against the cold with heaters and against the dryness with humidifiers.
