Japanese Sentences with English Translations - Sentences [でした]

I'm sure Tom told you.

My Latin teacher used to look down sternly on me over the rim of her glasses, but now I know it only had to do with the fact that she was wearing reading glasses and that she will have found it a nuisance taking them off all the time, so what looked like contempt towards us students might well and truly have been kindness.

All I can do at the moment is wait.

Tom is a poet.

Are you fond of swimming?

Do you like swimming?

Tom is either gay or bisexual, I think.

For some reason I can be honest with Tom.

For some reason I can be honest with you, Tom.

For some reason I can speak my true feelings with you, Tom.

The Internet has been acting up lately.

In Japan, the vernal and autumnal equinoxes are national holidays, but the summer and winter solstices are not.

In Japan, the spring and fall equinoxes are national holidays, but the summer and winter solstices are not.

My field of study is linguistics.

My major is linguistics.

How do you assess your students?

I'm in good shape.

I'm in fair shape.

I'm out of shape.

It was believed that the emperor's position was bestowed by the gods.