He looked blank when he heard the announcement of his promotion.

I need to keep track of my monthly expenses.

If you sum up feminist counselling in a few words, I suppose it would be counselling done from a woman's standpoint.

I participated in a fierce competition and won first place.

She is cautious of giving offense to others.

As a result, we play ball inside on rainy days.

Initially unable to share because of the Japanese-English language barrier, fans were relegated to explaining the bare basics of an anime plot as a slew of fantastic imagery and incomprehensible language bombarded audiences at the back of sciencefiction conventions.

Well then, it becomes a matter of urgent concern to the lurkers of this mailing list whether the guilty party confesses or not.

I will give you anything you want.

The archer aimed at the target and released the arrow.

I don't lose my appetite when I get stressed, rather I can't calm down unless I eat something.

The current situation in the Middle East is a time bomb of tensions.

He opened the door carefully.

As the lesson comes to an end, even if the teacher doesn't say be quiet or sit down, the children naturally return to their seats and quieten down.

Never mind that, just take out what you've just nicked from your bag.

I will be there soon.

We are concerned about the further actualization of current problems among youth, such as truancy, dislike of school and lack of appropriate character development.

In the midst of the dollar falling hard against the Yen and other major Eastern currencies the Chinese Yuan, with China effectively taking a 'dollar peg' policy, has become cheap.

She specifically asked us not to discuss the surprise party in front of her sister.

Take it seriously! The school festival won't wait for us. We're already in the final countdown.

In 2000 Japan's health care system was the best in the world, but since clinical internship was introduced in 2003 it has clearly deteriorated.

The container may be the best in Japan, but if the contents are third class, then isn't it completely meaningless?

Hard work and determination are the keys to success.

Because of that virus, many elephants lost their lives.

The experiment was made on a hundred unmarried males.

She bought a new leather jacket.

While welcoming the firming up of the present government policy to abandon the proposal of the reform bill to the Diet, at the same time some are worried that Prime Minister Koizumi won't clearly state the bill's withdrawal.

Who are you calling sweet-n-sour?! At the very least I certainly don't remember being sweet!

Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold--Ben Jonson

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