This morning I had a bit of a disagreement with my wife. I didn't think it was a big deal, but seeing what she's like this evening I think I must have upset her.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

Our child was born just after April 1st , so he entered school one year later than our neighbor's son who was born in February.

"You're not being chased, are you?" Just as he said that in a quiet voice, the corner house's light went out. The rain became more intense...

"You should write a novel or something." "Nah, I don't think so. I can't see myself coming up with anything good, anyways."

Even though I put my all into this to begin with it ended up being menial work, so I think it didn't turn out great.

Having sleep problems, as you know, I woke up three times last night. So this morning I was very sleepy.

I may seem confident, but I get extremely nervous speaking in front of people. My hands tremble, I get all tongue-tied, and sometimes I don't even know what I'm saying myself.

"I think it is exhausting, but todays troubles will surely be rewarded" "Don't say such half-minded things, even if you don't believe them completely."

For example, when two players say "a little bit thinner," one player may mean 0.3 millimeters thinner while another player may mean 0.4 millimeters.

"I guess you just slept through our last class." "Yeah, I wasn't able to keep myself awake any longer. Do you think the teacher noticed?" "They didn't seem to notice, but you completely dozed off, so all the boys were laughing about it." "Yikes. That's probably even worse."

"I just ran into a friend today who had transferred schools a while back." "Cool!" "Yeah. Then, we talked about movies, and they suggested we go watch one sometime soon. Is that OK?" "Sure! But, is this friend a boy or a girl?" "....."

When I was inside my mother's womb, I looked through my mother's navel at the house where I would be born and I thought: "No way I'm going there".

When I was inside my mother's womb, I looked through my mother's navel at the house where I would be born and I thought: "This won't do".

"Shall we go for a glass of wine somewhere?" "I've got to go home. My husband and children are waiting to have their dinner with me."

"If you are sleepy then you should go to bed" "I am still not tired" "But all you have been doing is yawning for quite some time, you should go to bed to avoid overworking yourself." "You want me to go to bed that much?"

If you care about someone, you'll become friends! If you care about each other, you'll become many times stronger! And your bravery will be unlimited! In this world are many unpleasant things, many sad things, and many that, which you can't handle by yourself. But while you have people you care about, you just can't fall! You just cannot surrender! While you have those people, about which you care, you will stand up again and again! That's why Hero is absolutely undefeatable!

In my secondary school days, I was much impressed by how my hospitalised grandfather would often tell the nurses there, "Thank you, I appreciate your help."

N-no it's not that ... it's that there could be someone who would need me for what I am, for my true self, I hadn't even thought of that possibility.

"You need to return home soon.", "huh, just give me a little more time to play!", "Sorry, but if we are late I will get scolded by your mama"

"I got angry again today" "hmph" "They said some very weird things again, are you listening?"

Curious gazes, gazes carrying a bit of murderous intent...it goes without saying that I couldn't be more uncomfortable.

Curious gazes, gazes carrying a bit of murderous intent ... it goes without saying that I couldn't be more uncomfortable.

Young mothers who have to take care of their small children, and have to stay (at) home all day, often feel caged in.

"Just wait 10 seconds. I'll get the thing you left." "Okay. I'll count to ten: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! Hey, are you done yet?" "Hang on, you count too fast!"

In the old days we always used to go home at lunchtime, but nowadays most children have lunch at school.

"It's cold, isn't it? With it being this cold, you'd want to go into hibernation, wouldn't you?" "Eh, the colder weather stresses me out, but I'd rather sleep through the summer."

I was surprised when I got a call from my daughter's workplace, saying that she had suddenly collapsed. She had struck her head, so I was worried, but was relieved when I was notified by the hospital that they had found nothing wrong with her.

A girl quietly approached the pair's workplace. The girl did so quietly — though to be accurate, she was a mute.

Going back through faint memories of my early childhood, I come across a scene in which my mother, still alive and beautiful, was looking down at me with a loving air.

When I was very young, my father died. His younger brother, due to the vicissitudes of the times and to his own laziness, dissipated his own fortune and afterwards became a peddler of writing materials. He often came to our house, but when he came, my mother would scold him and he would be troubled.

"Mmmmn ... maybe I'll have a hair of the dog." "Whoa, hold up a mo! Here, I cooked roast fish for this morning. You ought to be able to eat this OK."