Japanese Sentences with English Translations - Sentences [られる]

Flour is sold by the pound.

Woman as she is, she can lift this barbell.

In the fall, covers are put over the fans in trains.

An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

The young girl was chased by the old man.

I was nearly hit by a car.

I narrowly escaped being run over by a car.

I was almost hit by a car.

I believe in myself and trust what I do.

No man can live for himself.

Instead, they live alone as long as they are able to take care of themselves.

Automobiles are made in factories.

The next thing to be considered was food.

Nothing is more valuable than time, but nothing is less valued.

As a similar feature it is noted that students engaged in fund-raising activities rarely contribute money they have earned themselves.

Paper is made from wood.

We aren't used to being spoken to by a foreigner.

We are entitled to vote at the age of twenty.

We are entitled to vote at the age of 20.

When we say that a language is culturally transmitted - that is, that it is learned rather than inherited - we mean that it is part of that whole complex of learned and shared behavior that anthropologists call culture.