We had a picnic at the lake over the weekend.

This waterway was an ancient transportation route.

He practices every day to polish his skills.

The wolf lives alone in the forest.

I'm sleepy, so I'll go to bed early.

He visited his grandfather's gravestone and prayed.

He kept running without looking back at the road.

He was beating the drum.

The passive form in Japanese is used differently from English.

He is my benefactor, he helped me in my difficult times.