I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.
論文だなんて・・・私が書いてるのは、ただの随想、エッセイみたいなもんですよ。
Theses! ... What I write are just my ramblings, they're just something like essays.
理想を絵に描いたような男性だった。
He was a man who was the very picture of her ideals.
政治学とは何か。「セイジ」から、人々は、まず、ジャーナリズムを賑わす政治的事件を連想するでしょう。
What is political science? From the "political," people will probably first associate it with the political incidents that enliven journalism.
枝が伸び、実が成ることを想定して接ぐ場所を選びましょう。
Select the graft point after imagining how the branches will extend and fruit grow.
穀物生産の落ち込みによって、中国は急速に日本を上回る世界有数の穀物輸入国となることが予想される。
It is foreseen that, due to the decline in grain production, China will quickly become a world leading grain importing country, overtaking Japan.
ファーストキスは、もっとロマンチックなの想像してたのに。
I imagined my first kiss would be more romantic.
「ひょっとして、今まで気づいてなかったのですか」「いや、まぁ・・・。想像の埒外だったもんで・・・」
"Did you possibly not notice until just now?" "Er, well ... it was just so beyond my imagination that ..."
歴史は、古い思想が新しい思想に道を譲りながら進行する。
History goes on with old ideas giving way to the new.