I had tried to avoid thinking that as much as possible but as soon as I faced it I started to feel miserable.
なるべく考えまいとは思っていたのだが、自覚をしてしまうと途端に侘しいような気持ちにもなってくる。
I wrote down his phone number on a scrap of paper.
私は紙の端切れに彼の電話番号を書き留めた。
Even though I decided to hang the laundry outside because the sun was shining, just as I was hanging them, it started to rain.
日が照っていたから外に洗濯物を干したのに、干した途端に雨が降ってくるってどういうこと!?
They are the extreme cases.
それは極端な場合だ。
The beginning of the trouble was his careless remark.
騒ぎの発端は彼の不注意な発言からだった。
Each part of a book starts with references to its author's life: a passage from a read book, a question directed to a stranger on a roadside, something shouted by a girlfriend.
As for the accusations of heresy, here the evidence is much weaker.
異端という非難に関しては、ここでの証拠ははるかに弱いものである。
Please join the two ends of the tape together.
テープの両端をつないで下さい。
Are you all set for the trip?
旅行の準備は万端ですか。
There is nothing worse than doing something in a half-hearted manner.
中途半端が一番悪いわよ!!
Don't leave your work unfinished.
仕事は中途半端なままにしてはいけない。
He encountered a friend on the road.
彼は道端で友人に出会った。
Never do things by halves.
物事は中途半端にするな。
What color is the far right ring on the Olympic flag?
五輪旗の右端の輪っかって何色だったっけか?
The room is at the end of the hall.
その部屋はホールの端にあります。
On hearing the noise, my brother started to cry.
その物音を聞いた途端に、私の弟は泣き始めた。
He is the kind of man who cannot do anything in moderation, but always goes to extremes.
彼は何事も程々という事を知らず、いつも極端に走ってしまう。
Don't leave your work half done.
仕事を中途半端にするな。
The worst thing you can do is to only do something half seriously.
中途半端が一番悪いわよ!!
I happened to find a bicycle discarded at the roadside.
ふと見ると道端に自転車が捨てられていた。
Is everything ready?
準備万端?
If the metal plate terminal of the game cassette is dirty it may be difficult for the game to start when the cassette is inserted into the game console.
Japanese cameras, cars, and hi-fi equipment are used widely abroad, and few modern industries can manage without advanced electronic equipment developed in Japan.
When investigating the pH (acidic, neutral, alkaline) of a liquid, don't soak the litmus paper completely in the liquid but just put the end of the paper in it.
Our company needs someone who is at home in advanced technology.
我々の会社は先端技術に精通した人を必要としている。
There were so few proper members in the badminton club that it was half-way between dead and 'on break'.
バドミントン部はまともな部員が極端に少ないため、ほとんど廃部ないし休部状態だった。
Having made all the preparations, he set out for Tokyo.
準備万端整えてから、彼は東京に出発した。
I'd get a soup plate and then slide the glass very carefully over to the edge of the table, and let the water run into the soup plate - it doesn't have to run onto the floor.
On the speaker's saying so, the audience burst out into laughter.
講演者がそう言った途端、聴衆はどっと笑った。
What you see above the water is just the tip of the iceberg.
水面に現れてるのは氷山の先端にすぎない。
Integrative medicine refers to a many faceted medical approach that emphasises individual differences and aggressively includes the latest scientific techniques based on modern Western medicine as well as various other medical systems like traditional med