学生時代にはできるだけ多くの友人を作るように心がけなさい
Try to make as many friends as you can while you are a student
Try to find as many friends as as possible when you are in school
日本の面積はアラスカの約1/4です
Japan is about a quarter as large as Alaska
The area of Alaska is about four times as large as that of Japan
Japan is about one- fourth the size of Alaska.
中国の人口は日本の約12倍である
The population of China is about 12 times as large as that of Japan.
Japan’s population is about one -twelfth as large as China’s.
China is about twelve times as populous as Japan.
母親の我が子に対する愛情ほど美しいものはない
A mother’s love(*) for her children is the most beautiful thing in the world
* is more beautiful than anything else
* is as beautiful as anything else
Nothing is as beautiful as a mother’s love for her children
沖縄ほど米軍基地が集中している県は日本には他にない
Nowhere in Japan are there as many US military bases as in Okinawa
There is other prefecture in Japan where US military bases are as heavily concentrated as in Okinawa
No other prefecture in Japan has more US troops than Okinawa
こんなすさまじい台風は生まれて初めてだ
This is the most terrible typhoon that I have ever experienced.
This is the first time that I’ve experienced such a terrible typhoon.
I’ve never experienced such a terrible typhoon.
I’ve never experienced as terrible a typhoon.
一般的に言って、人は歳を取れば取るほど、ますます寛大になるものです。
Generally speaking, the older people get, the more broad-minded they become.
In general, people become more open-minded as they grow older.
先日20年ぶりに帰省した
I went back tomorrow my hometown for the first time in 20 years the other day.
Recently I went back to my hometown. That was the first time in 20years.
I hadn’t returned to my hometown for 20 years, but I did the other day.
こんなにいい天気は久しぶりですと地元の人が言っていた
The local people said that it was the most beautiful day for years
The locals said it was the first time in ages that they had had such a nice day.
The locals said that they hadn’t had such nice weather for a long time.