Japanese Sentences with English Translations - Sentences [というのは]

I don't think it's easy to form your own opinion on an issue.

If your boss "sacks" you, it means you're fired.

Is it the case that you have done it?

What does UN stand for?

IMF stands for International Monetary Fund.

Five thousand dollars is a large sum of money.

Three months is too short a time to finish the experiment.

Two hundred fifty kilograms is an extraordinary weight even for a sumo wrestler.

Ten years is a long time.

Ten years is a short time when we look back at it.

A thousand dollars is a large sum.

"He's a tiger when he's angry" is an example of metaphor.

You had better put the book back on the desk, for the owner will come back there.

I went to bed early, for I was tired.

I went to bed early because I was tired.

Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Kareishu is a special smell that comes as old people age. Popular expressions such as: "Ossan kusai" or "Oyaji kusai" (smelly old man) refer to this smell.

It's a lie that, "they don't eat fish raw abroad."

What is happiness?