The floor was painted green, while the walls were yellow.

But, then again, Latin was already a "dead language" by that time.

I always buy the English-language books I come across at bookstores. But since I never read them, all they do is pile up.

On the other hand, there seem to be those among young folk who, while touching on Buddhism, have started to think of it as a vital spiritual support.

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.

Distrust of the Social Insurance Agency and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare just keeps getting stronger.

Some residents took a wait-and-see attitude while others prepared for heavy flooding.

She has two cats. One is black, and the other is white.

She could not accept the fact that she and her students had so much while other people had so little.

I appreciated her kindness, while I feel it burdensome.