Although most of the content and thought has not been dependent on any language, when focusing on Japanese, differences in syntactic structures or the fact that individual words are not written separately and distinctly then requires several points of consideration.
I could hear the voices of several other guests who had arrived and were already eating together in the main dinning room.
メインダイニングルームに到着し、すでに一緒に食事をしていた他の数人のゲストの声が聞こえました。
I met her in the winter several years ago.
私は数年前の冬に彼女に会いました。
I met her in the winter several years ago.
私は数年前の冬に彼女に会いました。
This sentence contains several mistakes.
この文にはいくつかの間違いが含まれています。
I've already gone through several marriages, but none of them gave me the happiness I deserve.
私はすでに何度か結婚を経験しましたが、どれも私にふさわしい幸福を与えてくれませんでした。
Tom asked several people the same question.
トムは何人かに同じ質問をしました。
She asked us several questions.
彼女は私たちにいくつかの質問をしました。
He tried several times, but did not succeed.
彼は何度か挑戦しましたが、成功しませんでした。
Afghanistan and Iran both changed their national anthems several times in the course of the 20th century.
アフガニスタンとイランはどちらも 20 世紀の間に何度か国歌を変更しました。
We passed each other several times.
何度かすれ違った。
It is said that several victims of the tsunami think that the devestation they saw was the kind that made you cover your eyes.
津波の犠牲者の中には、自分が見た破壊が目を覆うようなものだったと考える人もいると言われています。
Ikeda made several silly mistakes, and so he was told off by the department head.
池田はいくつかの愚かな間違いを犯したため、部長から叱責された。
They lived in Spain for several years.
彼らはスペインに数年間住んでいました。
My wife gave birth to a child when we were very poor. While she was sleeping, I cooked rice and vegetables for several days and surprised her with the variety and taste of my cooking.