Example sentences

1. 彼は将来国家の棟梁たるべき器だ。

   He has the capacity to be a future leader of the nation.

2. いくら器だけを日本一にしても、中身が三流やったらな〜んの意味もないんちゃうの？

   The container may be the best in Japan, but if the contents are third class, then isn't it completely meaningless?

3. しかしながら、食べ物を器から口まで運ぶ必要があり、その必要性に応えるために、はしが現れたのだった。

   There was, however, a need for food to be carried from the bowl to the mouth, and chopsticks came along to meet that need.