On the other hand, there seem to be those among young folk who, while touching on Buddhism, have started to think of it as a vital spiritual support.

While welcoming the firming up of the present government policy to abandon the proposal of the reform bill to the Diet, at the same time some are worried that Prime Minister Koizumi won't clearly state the bill's withdrawal.

Distrust of the Social Insurance Agency and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare just keeps getting stronger.

Some residents took a wait-and-see attitude while others prepared for heavy flooding.

I always buy the English-language books I come across at bookstores. But since I never read them, all they do is pile up.

I called Susan to apologize to her, but she hung up on me.

Prices go on rising.

She has two cats. One is black, and the other is white.

She could not accept the fact that she and her students had so much while other people had so little.

I appreciated her kindness, while I feel it burdensome.

Either of the two roads leads to the station.

Of course, they are suffering from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, as well as from various forms of discrimination.

There're many rich Americans. On the other hand some Americans are very poor.

From an adult's one-sided point of view, children's attitudes often seem to be disobedient.

While the birth rate is intended to be decreased in developing countries, that of developed nations is selfishly planned to be increased, resulting in the difficulty of getting mutual consent.

The floor was painted green, while the walls were yellow.

I have read sixty pages, while he has read only ten.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.

While there are some people who use the Internet to learn foreign languages, there are others, living on less than a dollar a day, who cannot even read their own language.

One problem is how the enterprises arrange posts for excellent female students, but another important point is whether the educational industry can grow and supply creative students needed for Japan's future.