He came up with a terrific solution to the complex problem.
彼はその複雑な問題を解決するすばらしい方法を思いついた。
That kanji is so complex, I can't read it.
そんな漢字は僕が読めないほどたいへん複雑なんだ。
Subtle differences in tone discriminate the original from the copy.
原画と複製とでは色調に微妙な差異がある。
In Esperanto, nouns end with "o". Plurals are formed with the addition of "j".
エスペラント語では、名詞は「o」で終わります。複数形は「j」をつけることで表されます。
The story was so complicated that I couldn't follow it.
その話は非常に複雑だったので私にはついていけなかった。
When we say that a language is culturally transmitted - that is, that it is learned rather than inherited - we mean that it is part of that whole complex of learned and shared behavior that anthropologists call culture.
The pain of the compound fracture was almost unbearable.
複雑骨折の痛みはほとんど耐え難かった。
How complex is it?
どのぐらい複雑なのだろうか。
Lately the discount airline ticket system has gotten so complicated that there's a lot about it I can't figure out.
最近は、航空券の格安チケットも仕組みが複雑すぎて、わかりにくいことが多い。
The explanation may be much more complex.
説明は、もっとはるかに複雑なのかもしれない。
That is a very complex machine.
あれはとても複雑な機械だ。
What seems simple to you seems complex to me.
君には単純に見えるものでも、ぼくには複雑に思われる。
Don't complicate the problem by raising new issues.
新たな問題を持ち出してその問題を複雑にするな。
In China, there is a large number of characters, so the goal of the character simplification was to replace the complex traditional characters with easy to remember simplified characters and increase the literacy rate.
The writing style is much less complicated in this article.
書き方が、この記事ではずっと複雑じゃなくなっている。
That made the problem all the more complicated.
そのために問題はますます複雑になった。
In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.
The new computer was too complicated for me to use at first.
新しいコンピューターは私にとってあまりにも複雑ではじめは使えなかった。
It's complicated as hell.
マジで複雑だ！
The mechanism of this machine is complicated.
この機械のメカニズムは複雑です。
This form looks kind of complicated. Help me fill it out.
この書式はやや複雑そうだ。書きこむのを手伝ってくれ。
But as civilizations grew more complex, better methods of communication were needed.
しかし文明が一層複雑になってくると、よりよい伝達方法が必要になってきた。
Frustrated with the European languages, which he considered "too boring", Christopher Columbus invented "Columbian", a language so complicated that only he could speak it.
In Esperanto an adjective ends in "a." The plural is formed by adding "j."
エスペラントは形容詞が「a」で終わります。複数形が「j」を付けて作られます。
His lie complicated matters.
彼の嘘が事態を複雑にした。
He dwelt on the complexities of modern life.
彼は現代生活の複雑性について長々と話した。
The explanation may be much more complex.
その説明は、もっとはるかに複雑なものかもしれない。
With horse racing and such, these are called "stakes". For this meaning the plural form is often used.
競馬などで、ｓｔａｋｅｓと言う。この意味では複数形で使われることが多い。
This might lead us to believe that a simple culture would make use of a simple language, that a complex culture would make use of a complex language, and so on.
Computers are capable of doing very complicated work in a split second.
コンピューターは非常に複雑な仕事を瞬時にすることができる。
Math is like love - a simple idea, but it can get complicated.
数学は恋のようだ。単純だけど複雑にもなりうる。
The plants manufacture complex chemical compounds.
工場では複雑な化学化合物を製造している。
It cannot plausibly be argued that behaviour of such complexity derives entirely from instinct.
そのような複雑な行動が本能のみに由来するという主張はとうてい成り立たない。
I can see some intricate patterns in the picture.
その絵には複雑な模様が見える。
There are so-called primitive cultures in the jungles of the Amazon and on the island of New Guinea, and there are so-called advanced cultures in Europe, Asia, and Africa, but the languages of these cultures are all equally advanced and complex.
