When I was in university, I hated eating lunch alone in the (school) cafeteria, because I found it unpleasant to make eye contact with strangers (who were) sitting across the table.
The number of people commuting (to work) by bicycle has increased, probably because people of all ages can ride one (readily/easily) and riding a bicycle is good for their health and for the environment.
よく日本人はうまく話せないのを必要以上に恥ずかしがるために語学が上達しないと言われる。
[九州大]
It is often said (that) Japanese people find it difficult to improve their foreign language skills because they are too embarrassed about not being able to speak (a language) well.
It seems (that) parents today readily allow their children to play computer games, partly because they themselves also played them when they were children. In fact, I hear (that) many of them play them with their children on their days off.
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