And a wish is engraved on the base of the statue:

A monument was erected in memory of the deceased.

What I looked up to in Shota was not his 'strength'. It was his heroic courage to put his life on the line to carry out his convictions.

We are concerned about the further actualization of current problems among youth, such as truancy, dislike of school and lack of appropriate character development.

Our opinion is an idea which we have; our conviction an idea which has us.

After the war, the idea of democracy spread throughout Japan.

It's a shame the way natural resources are wasted.

The sea got rough, so that we had to give up fishing.

I gave up all hope of survival.

A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.

I regret that I can't help you.

You have to concentrate on your recovery.

He has given up running in order to focus on the long jump.

Tend to your own affairs first.

She applied her mind to her new job.