While welcoming the firming up of the present government policy to abandon the proposal of the reform bill to the Diet, at the same time some are worried that Prime Minister Koizumi won't clearly state the bill's withdrawal.
For code type locks that don't need a key there are 'free dial' systems where you can set any number you like and fixed types where the number is set in advance.
牛乳の流れを素早く止め、牛乳が固まるまで約30分間静置する。
Quickly stop the flow of milk, leave to stand for approximately 30 minutes for the milk to solidify.
両親が喜んで経済的に援助してくれるのに、なぜ君は自分で学費を払うことに固執するのか。
Why do you insist on paying for your school expenses yourself, when your parents are willing to give you financial support?
卵をあまり固くゆでないでください。
Please don't boil the eggs so hard.
卵は固ゆでにして下さい。
Boil my eggs hard, please.
卵の白身はゆでれば固まります。
You can set the white of an egg by boiling it.
僕たちの先生って本当に頭が固いよね。
Our teacher really stands on ceremony, doesn't she?
母系の祖母はその旧式のドレスを着ることに固執する。
物体は固体、液体、気体として存在する。
Matter can exist as a solid, liquid, or gas.
物質が直接固体から気体に変わる過程を昇華という。
The process by which substances are turned directly from a solid state into a gas is called sublimation.
水が凍って固体になると氷と呼ばれる。
When water freezes and becomes solid, we call it ice.