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Question 1

お仕事はどちらの関係ですか

Answer 1

What line of work [business] are you in?

Question 2

どこかでお会いしたことはありますか

Answer 2

Don’t I know you from somewhere?

Question 3

なんとお呼びすればよろしいですか

Answer 3

How may I address you?

Question 4

すみません、お名前が聞き取れませんでした

Answer 4

Sorry, I didn’t catch your name.

Question 5

その部署にお勤めですか

Answer 5

Which department [division] do you work for?

Question 6

そちらの（会社の）景気はいかがですか

Answer 6

How’s your company doing?

Question 7

あなたの評判はお聞きしております

Answer 7

Your reputation has proceeded you.

Question 8

現在は自営をしております

Answer 8

I’m self-employed now.

Question 9

日本での生活には慣れてきましたか

Answer 9

Are you getting used to life in Japan?

Question 10

日本には世界で最も発達した公共交通機関があります

Answer 10

Japan has one of the most developed public transportation systems in the world.

Question 11

日本人女性の平均寿命は世界一です

Answer 11

Japanese women have the highest life expectancy in the world.

Question 12

日本では、２０２０年には４人に１人が６５歳以上になると推測されています

Answer 12

It is estimated that nearly one out of four people in Japan will be sixty-five years old or over in the year 2020.

Question 13

日本には春夏秋冬と、はっきりとした四季があります

Answer 13

Japan has four distinctive seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Question 14

子育ての大きな経済的負担が少子化の主な原因の一つです

Answer 14

The huge financial burden of child rearing is one of the major causes of the declining birth rate.

Question 15

日本は多くを輸入食品に頼っています

Answer 15

Japan relies heavily on food imports.

Question 16

持てる者と持たざる者の格差が広がっています

Answer 16

There is a growing disparity between haves and have-nots.

Question 17

消費者はまだ買い控えをしています

Answer 17

Consumers in Japan are still holding off on spending.

Question 18

地方の小さな町では過疎化が深刻な問題となっています

Answer 18

Small towns in rural areas have been experiencing a serious problem of depopulation.