大寒：１年で最も寒さが厳しくなる日ですが、春がもうすぐ間近に迫っているとも言えます。

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Major Cold: It's the day of the year that the cold is most severe, but you could also say that Spring is just coming around the corner.

入学試験が間近に迫っていた。

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Our entrance examination was near at hand.

試験がすぐ間近にせまっている。

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The examination is close at hand.

私は彼女の間近に近付いた手術のことで緊張していた。

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I was keyed up over her impending operation.

初めて会った時、彼女は30間近だった。

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She was approaching thirty when I first met her.

間近に迫った景気回復は、急速で力強いものだろう。

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Business recovery, which looks to be just around the corner, will be rapid and strong.

間近から見ると、ものごとはその欠点や本来備わる醜さを露わにする傾向がある。

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Seen close-up, things have a way of showing their defects, their innate ugliness.

レポートの締め切りが間近に迫っているので、私はひどく忙しい。

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I'm terribly busy because the report deadline is near.

I am terribly busy because the report deadline is near.

この建物は完成間近だ。

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This building is near completion.

クリスマスは間近ですね。

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Christmas is soon, right?

Christmas is just around the corner.

Christmas is soon, isn't it?

Christmas is near at hand, isn't it?