"By the way, do you know what a Shinto shrine is?" "I've a little bit of knowledge on the subject. It's a religious facility where that which is the object of worship, that called the genius loci, is enshrined."
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.
株価上昇を契機に新工場建設の話が持ち上がった。
They took advantage of the stock price increase to raise the idea of building a new factory.
ちなみに、この部屋には冷房設備なんて物は何も無い。あるのはうちわだけ。
Incidentally this room doesn't have anything like an air-conditioner. All it has is a fan.
ちなみに、ウチのクリニックから数百メートルの近場に「ランプ」が建設中です。
Incidentally a motorway ramp is being constructed in the neighbourhood, a few hundred metres away, of my clinic.
預金口座を開設したいのですが。
滅亡の危機に瀕した地球を守ろうと、ある基金が設立された。
A fund was set up with a view to preserving our endangered planet.
物価を調査するために委員会が設立された。
A committee was constituted to investigate prices.