People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately.
In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.
We should leave out this data. It's far from accurate.
このデータは除外した方がいい。正確というには程とおいものだ。
I think he is right.
私は彼が正しいと思います。
He seems honest.
彼は正直そうだ。
To do him justice, he is diligent and kind.
公正に見れば彼は勤勉で親切だ。
At the New Year, we spend a lot of time with our family.
正月は家族と過ごす時間が長いのです。
It goes without saying that honesty is the best policy.
正直が最上の策であることは言うまでもない。
He came across to us as being honest.
彼は私達には正直だとおもわれた。
He does not have a particle of honesty in him.
彼には正直のかけらもない。
I consider her to be an honest woman.
私は彼女を正直な女性だと思う。
Firstly, it is a matter of justice.
第一に、それは正義の問題である。
I have confidence that he is honest.
私は彼の正直さを確信している。
It's so easy to write good example sentences, that even if we accidentally delete a few good sentences in the process of getting rid of a whole lot of bad ones, I think we could drastically improve the quality of this corpus by doing a lot of deleting.
It's difficult choosing between what's right and what's wrong, but you have to make the choice.
何が正しくて何が間違いか選択するのは難しいが、選択しなければならない。
He employed dishonest means in his business.
彼は商売で不正な手段を用いた。
I have amongst my relatives, a single one who sincerely lives righteously, has strict principles and pursues an ideal, but all my other relatives speak ill and make fun of him.
The teacher was very fair when she marked our exams.
先生は我々の試験を採点する時とても公正だった。
I think that, as he's using addictive substances like thinner, the chance of rehabilitation is low.
シンナーなどの常習性のある物をしてると言う事は、更正する可能性が低いと思います。
The accused tried to justify his actions.
被告人は自分の行為を正当化しようと努めた。
He described exactly what happened.
彼は何が起こったのか正確に記述した。
Well, to be frank, I don't like it at all.
そうですね、正直に言うと全然気に入りません。
The work of art, I decided, was the final product of human activity, and the final justification for all the misery, the endless toil and the frustrated strivings of humanity.
