"Looks like Maki's a twin!" Ken said. "Really now," I replied, totally uninterested. Maki was a member of a ukulele club that ran beside our club in the school lounge. She looked lovely in Ken's eyes, but to me she was just the sixth cutest girl in class
If I had money, I would pay what I owe you. As it is, I can't pay.
金があれば借金を返すのだが、現状では払えない。
I've got to remember to return this money to him.
彼にお金を返すのを忘れないようにしないと。
I'll lend you the book, provided you return it next week.
あなたが来週に返すならば、その本を貸してあげよう。
The emotion they gave me was exquisite, but I could not preserve it, nor could I indefinitely repeat it; the most beautiful things in the world finished by boring me.
Happy when borrowing, but upset when having to return it.
借りる時の地蔵顔、返す時の閻魔顔。
Repeating a mistake without recognizing it as one, is the biggest mistake of all.
過ちを過ちと認めずに過ちを繰り返すことが最大の過ちである。
Comparing American English and British English is like counting incompatible sets of floors of a building. That's why, when you try translating over and over again between the two, it's like climbing an endless set of floors. You might even reach the moon
Although I broke test tubes and played about with chemicals for fun, I did occasionally manage to obey the teacher's instructions as well; repeating experiments that others had long ago undertaken.