Everyone, please have a good new year.

Japan's real economic growth rate is expected to exceed 2% this year.

Please turn on the TV.

I soak my toothbrush in mouthwash every night.

He always nitpicks my work.

He was the one who set fire to this project.

Excuse me, may I come in?

It is rumored that he is a member of a secret society.

There are no aspirated consonants in Japanese.

An aspirated consonant is a sound that is pronounced with a strong exhalation.