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Malicious gossip spreads like wildfire. I guess that's why they say bad news travels fast.
悪事千里を走るって言うだろう。悪い噂はアッという間に広まっちゃうのさ。
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
千里の道も一歩から。
Rome wasn't built in a day.
千里の道も一歩から。
Mariko went to the aesthetic salon.
麻里子はエステに行った。
Well they say bad news travels fast.
悪事千里を走るって言うからね。
Mari has been to Hungary.
麻里はハンガリーに行ったことがある。
The Great Wall of China is more than 5,500 miles long.
万里の長城は五千五百マイル以上の長さがあります。
This puppy is crying, because it is homesick for its mother.
この子犬は里心がついて泣いているんだ。
He availed himself of the 'off-and-on' holidays to visit his native country.
彼は「飛び石」連休を利用して郷里を訪れた。
He must be homesick.
かれはきっと里心がついています。
Is Mr Sato good at literature?
里さんって文学が上手ですか。
My home town is adjacent to the ocean.
私の郷里の町は海に接している。
We're all at sea about where to take our company from here.
これからどう会社を経営していったらいいのか、五里霧中だ。
You say po-tah-to I say po-tay-to. Rika is just that sort of girl. There's no way to win a battle of words with her.
あー言えば、こーゆー。里香ってばそんなヤツだ。文句の言い合いで勝てるわけない。
She lives in rural seclusion.
彼女は人里離れたところに住んでいます。
Mr Sato was standing on top of a boulder.
里さんは岩の上に立っていました。
This is a horror staple - young men and women spend a night of terror in an isolated house.
若い男女が人里離れた洋館で恐怖の一夜を過ごすという、ホラーの定番スタイルだ。
He lives in a farmhouse remote from the world.
彼は人里離れた農家に住んでいる。
A miss is as good as a mile.
一つ間違えば一里も狂う。
Midori sometimes drops consonants.
美土里は時々子音が落ちる。
Mr Sato practices archery in the weekends.
里さんは週間に弓道をします。
Living as he did in remote countryside, he seldom came up to town.
彼は人里離れた田舎に住んでいるので、町に来ることはめったにない。
Does he often call his parents at home?
彼は郷里の両親によく電話しますか。
He lived in a house remote from the village.
彼は人里離れた家に住んでいた。
My aunt lives in a lonely house in the country.
叔母は田舎の人里離れた家に住んでいる。
The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.
お里が知れる。
The party leader rattled on at great length about future policies.
党首は今後の方針を一瀉千里に述べ立てた。
When I was in Paris, I became acquainted with two or three painters, and I went to visit their atelier from time to time. I was always fascinated by their method of work and their way of life.
Recently my brother in law, artillery major Y, came back from a three year trip in Paris. Surrounded by a great number of souvenirs he had brought back, we heard tales of his travels.
