When people are being put into a hypnotic state for the first time I often, after placing them in a very light hypnotic state, wake them and ask them to compare their wakening state to that when hypnotised.
Compared to many other countries, the average intake of trans-fats per person in Japan is low and it is hypothesized that it does not have a strong impact on health.
Our city is rather small in comparison with Tokyo.
私達の市は東京に比べるとかなり小さい。
This was quite primitive compared to that.
こちらはあちらに比べれば全く原始的だった。
Try on both these coats and compare them.
この上着を両方とも着て比べてごらんよ。
The buildings are small in comparison with the skyscrapers in New York.
そのビルはニューヨークの摩天楼と比べると小さい。
They compared it with the old car.
彼らは古い車と比べた。
Once divorced from key questions of national culture and identity, comparative literature loses its way.
国家の文化とアイデンティティという枢要な問題から切り離された時点で、比較文化はその方向性を失う。
Flowers are so fragile and so beautiful, that you can't speak about them without poetry or metaphors.
あまりに花は壊れやすくて、そしてとても奇麗なので、詩や比喩を使わなくても言葉に出来ません。
My house seems small beside his.
私の家は彼の家と比べると小さく見える。
Solar energy seems to offer more hope than any other source of energy, particularly because those areas most in need of water lie rather close to the equator and have a relatively clear atmosphere.
Compared to New York, Tokyo is a much safer place.
ニューヨークと比べると東京はずっと安全なところだ。
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of others.
他人の生活と比較せず、自分の生活を楽しめ。
Getting a sports car is easy, compared to the maintenance one must do on it.
維持することに比べれば、スポーツカーを持つことは簡単だ。
American senior citizens are comparatively well-off.
アメリカのお年寄りは比較的裕福である。
The region is relatively rich in mineral resources.
その地域は鉱物資源が比較的豊かだ。
The income tax rate increases in proportion as your salary rises.
給与が増えるに比例して、所得税率もあがっていく。
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.
Exports in January were up 20% over the same period of last year.
１月の輸出は昨年の同月に比べ２０％の増加だった。
The beauty of the Golden Pavilion covered in snow was unmatched.
雪に包まれた金閣の美しさは、比べるものがなかった。
As a result of new ultra-light materials, our product now only weighs about half as much as before!
超軽量新素材の採用により、従来の約半分（当社比）という圧倒的な軽さを実現！
The income tax rate increases in proportion to the salary increase.
給与が増えるに比例して、所得税率もあがっていく。
If the other person does mention his family, then it is perfectly OK to ask about the ages of the children, and if you have children, to compare educational and cultural differences in raising children.
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