Japanese Sentences with English Translations - Sentences [取らせて]

The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence.

From children to the elderly, sensible exercise has a good effect on the body.

A light lunch at MacD's, coffee at Starbucks, then a few drinks with shabu-shabu - that's the way it went.

With verbs there are intransitive verbs that don't take an object, and transitive verbs that do take an object.

A complete intransitive verb takes neither complement nor object.

"The old lady of this shop is very unsociable but ..." "Taiki, I can hear you!" "Ack!"

"Let's see, you're ... er, um ... M-" "You're wrong from the first letter!!"

Oh no! I'm late again!! I'm going to get the nickname 'King of Late arrival'.

I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.

Not wanting to boast but I've never got better than a 3 on my report card for home economics. Out of 10 that is.

The casting came cleanly out of its mold.

I'd just be able to give up better than if you were taken by some other woman.

I'd rather give up than have you taken by another woman

Ending up with being called a "measles exporting country" by the rest of the world, something that you could take as insult or truth.

Some residents took a wait-and-see attitude while others prepared for heavy flooding.

Look, today was 'sea harvest' so let's go forage for edible plants tomorrow!

Write down what the teacher dictates in the French class.

Ah, sorry. Megumi, could you get me the conditioner?

"I'm too old to be playing with bugs", said the boy.

"I'm getting too old to be playing with bugs", said the boy.