When two armies oppose one another, those who can fight should fight, those who can't fight should guard, those who can't guard should flee, those who can't flee should surrender, and those who can't surrender should die.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

I have one of my friends who graduated from university and became a fine public servant. Once he told me that what he had learned from school had been useless. However, what little philosophy he had learned proved to be of great benefit.

Article 733 of the Civil Code stipulates the period of prohibition of remarriage by stating that "A woman may not remarry unless six months have passed since the day of dissolution or rescission of her previous marriage."

whereas `each,' `every,' `either,' `neither,' and `none' are distributive or referring to a single member of a group, `which' in `which of the men' is separative

In China in the year 208, Cao Cao, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, leads his army to wipe out rival forces in southern China and unify China.

"Kuzen-zetsugo," "ichimo-dajin," and "iku-doon."

A large disparity in the size of the sexes usually suggests that males compete for females and that the species is polygamous.

a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor

They are the fish (Beibei), the panda (Jingjing), the Olympic flame (Huanhuan), the Tibetan antelope (Yingying), and the swallow (Nini).

go for a ride

"The military potential of the unit must not be known," says a member of the GSDF Ground Staff Office.

on bad [equal, good, speaking, visiting] terms (with…)

meat or fish stir-fried with vegetables (e.g., celery, onions, peppers or bean sprouts) seasoned with ginger and garlic and soy sauce

live off the land

I give you due warning―give you fair warning.

* The basic prohibitions (No slander, libel, etc.) are noted in the "Read me first." Please be sure to read it.

Perspiration cools the body by means of the phenomenon referred to as ‘the heat of evaporation.' As perspiration evaporates, it removes heat from the body.

Together with offerings of flowers and food to the family Buddhist alter, decorations such as horses made out of cucumbers or cows made out of eggplants are also placed.

We live in a machine age; motorcars, TV sets, clothes, and books, to name but a few [to mention only a few], are all machine‐made products.

a bird's foot having the first and fourth toes of each foot directed backward and the second and third forward

There is a paper plane that can fly to the end of the world, a stuffed monkey that hugs you and a dinosaur that loves to play Frisbee.

formal words [expressions, style]

someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)

You forget your station

You should know your place.

I am your father's spirit, doomed for a certain time to walk the night, and during the day I am confined to burn in fires, until the evil crimes I had done in my life are burnt and purged away.

I am thy father’s spirit; doom’d for a certain term to walk the night, and, for the day, confin’d to waste in fires till the foul crimes done in my days of nature are burnt and purg’d away.

Good god!＝Oh, my God!

For example, wanko-soba is used to represent Iwate Prefecture and Date Masamune is used to represent Miyagi Prefecture.

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover!

Nine hundred twenty-five billion, eight hundred fourteen million, seven hundred three thousand, six hundred ninety-two is a twelve-digit number.