日本人には、見知らぬ人と会話を始めてまだくつろいだ気分にならないうちに、相手の、年齢や地位、既婚か未婚かなどの個人的な事柄を知りたがる傾向がある。

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There is a tendency for Japanese to want to know a certain amount of personal information about someone such as age, position and whether they are married or not, before they feel comfortable talking with a stranger.

私の兄は、未婚なので、所帯を持たず、奉公人と一緒によその家で食事をしていた。

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My brother, being yet unmarried, did not keep house, but boarded with his apprentices at the home of another family.

その実験は未婚の男性１００人を対象に行われた。

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The experiment was made on a hundred unmarried males.

彼は未婚だけど子供がいた。

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He had a child even though he wasn't married.