I broke my gas-powered rice cooker so I got an induction rice cooker instead.
ガス式炊飯器を壊したので、代わりに誘導炊飯器を作りました。
This fantasy book is a succession of really flashy magical spells and that makes it boring instead.
このファンタジー本は、本当に派手な魔法の呪文が連続しているため、むしろ退屈です。
I try to watch live TV as much as possible instead of recordings.
録音ではなく、できるだけテレビの生放送を見るようにしています。
Whenever I come home late at night, my parents scold me and it annoys me. No matter how late I come back, they're awake and waiting for me. It would be so nice if they just went to sleep instead.
Once I arrived home from school, I heard some sounds coming from my closet, and thinking that it was just our pet cat Chiro, I opened the door wide open, and instead found some guy I didn't know inside.
Tom tried to sell his old VCR instead of throwing it away, but no one would buy it, so he ended up throwing it away.
トムは古いビデオデッキを捨てずに売ろうとしましたが、誰も買ってくれず、結局捨ててしまいました。
If you don't receive a smile you were expecting, try giving a smile instead. That's because someone who forgot to give you a smile doesn't expect to get one from you instead.