His car broke down, but the small mercy was that it broke down near his house.

He taught me how to calculate the geometric mean.

He fractured his metatarsal bone.

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a war that lasted from 1937 to 1945.

This shop is currently open.

He is so engrossed in his work, it's like 'Wu's cow gasping at the moon'.

He reacts excessively to even small problems, like the proverb 'Kureushi Tsuki ni Aegu' which means 'excessive fear'.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is a fatal disease that infects cows.

He succeeded in a difficult project with the spirit of 'ishi no ue ni mo sannen', which means great works are performed by perseverance.

She is very smart, but as the proverb goes, 'A clever woman can't sell a cow,' she can't do everything well.