The autocrat strove in vain to deal with the situation.
独裁者はその事態に対処しようとしたが無駄だった。
Kareishu is a special smell that comes as old people age. Popular expressions such as: "Ossan kusai" or "Oyaji kusai" (smelly old man) refer to this smell.
It is important to understand that each country has its own culture.
それぞれの国には、独自の文化があることを理解することが大切です。
"What shall I do?" I said to myself.
「どうすりゃいいんだ?」僕は独り言ちた。
This is a custom peculiar to Japan.
これは日本独特の慣習だ。
This is true partly because non-Westerners have begun to take pride in their own cultures and partly because those areas of the world where forks are not used have some of the highest birth rates.
Sending year-end gifts is one of the customs peculiar to Japan.
お歳暮は日本独自の習慣の一つである。
Postal services are a government monopoly.
郵政事業は政府の独占事業です。
He is a man of individual humor.
彼は独特なユーモアの持ち主だ。
He is above all others in originality.
彼は他の誰よりも独創性がある。
The people followed the dictator like so many sheep.
民衆はまるで羊のように独裁者の後に従った。
Though only 16, he is independent of his parents.
彼は16歳だけれど、両親から独立しています。
I've taught myself to play the guitar.
私はギターの弾き方を独習した。
He is above all others in originality.
彼は独創力では誰より勝っている。
She thought that she could become economically independent from her parents if she went to college.
彼女は大学に入学したら、親から経済的に独立しようと思っていた。
I am as sad and lonely as can be.
私はこの上なくさびしく、孤独だ。
Students often study with music playing in the background, and people working around the house will usually turn on the television or radio to keep them company.
Though he was a child, he made up his mind to do the work himself.
彼は子供であったが、独力でその仕事をすることに決めた。
I talk to myself.
独り言をいいます。
Let him do it alone.
彼にそれを独りでさせなさい。
My oldest brother is single.
私の一番上の兄は独身です。
Secondly, some of the Creoles may become independent "national languages" in their own right.
第二に、いくつかのクリオールはそれ自体独立した「国語」となるかもしれない。
Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of so