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どうやらこの辺は家賃が高いらしい。 Dōyara kono atari wa yachin ga takai rashii.
Apparently, rent is high around here.
動画の続きが気になって投稿を待っています。 Dōga no tsuzuki ga ki ni natte tōkō o matte i masu.
I cannot wait for the next video to be posted.
乗り換えの道順が複雑で大変でした。 Norikae no michijun ga fukuzatsu de taihen deshi ta.
The transfer route was complicated and hard.
そのイベントは毎年恒例になっているって聞いたよ。 Sono ibento wa maitoshi kōrei ni natte iru tte kii ta yo.
I heard that event has become an annual tradition.
彼女は新しい仕事を探してるだろうね。 Kanojo wa atarashii shigoto o sagashi teru daro u ne.
I guess she's looking for a new job.
結局、彼女が担当してから対応が早くなったということだ。 Kekkyoku, kanojo ga tantō shi te kara taiō ga hayaku natta toyuu koto da.
It turns out things got faster once she took over.
この件、根回しが必要そうだね。 Kono ken, nemawashi ga hitsuyō sō da ne.
This will probably need some groundwork beforehand.
私の知る限り、彼が黙認していたことが問題を大きくした。 Watashi no shiru kagiri, kare ga mokunin shi te i ta koto ga mondai o ōkiku shi ta.
As far as I know, his looking the other way made it worse.
起きているすべての時間を自分に価値をつけるために使った。 Oki te iru subete no jikan o jibun ni kachi o tsukeru tame ni tsukatta.
I spent every waking hour adding value to myself.
たぶん私が言いたかったのはそういうことじゃないと思う。 Tabun watashi ga ii takatsu ta no wa sōyuu koto ja nai to omou.
I'm pretty sure that's not what I was trying to say.
明日宿題を終わらせるつもりだよ。 Ashita shukudai o owara seru tsumori da yo.
I'm going to finish my homework tomorrow.
彼は独立して会社を立ち上げたと思わない? Kare wa dokuritsu shi te kaisha o tachi age ta to omowa nai?
Don't you think he went independent and started a company?
出身は九州で、大学から東京です。 Shusshin wa kyūshū de, daigaku kara tōkyō desu.
I am from Kyushu and came to Tokyo for university.
結局、彼女が控えめに言っていたが実は大変だったらしいということだ。 Kekkyoku, kanojo ga hikaeme ni itte i ta ga jitsuwa taihen datsu ta rashii to iu koto da.
It turns out she downplayed it, but it was apparently quite hard.
この街は、住めば住むほど愛着が湧いてくる。 Kono machi wa, sume ba sumu hodo aichaku ga wai te kuru.
The longer you live in this city, the more you grow to love it.
彼と今朝電話で話したとき彼はとても眠そうだった。 Kare to kesa denwa de hanashi ta toki kare wa totemo nemu sō datsu ta.
When I talked to him on the phone this morning, he sounded very sleepy.
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