Appropriate word for 'Include' in 日本語? I was just writing an e-mail to a Japanese contact about putting her photograph in a magazine. Essentially I want to say 'I want to include your picture in the article', but I just realized I don't know the correct word for 'include' in Japanese! I.e, can anybody please tell me what is the correct way to fill in the gap here:「記事にXさんの写真を＿＿たい」? Thanks in advance :)

How to say "it's as though" in Japanese? E.g., how would I translate sentences like the following? "I remember so little about the party, it's as though I never went." "He knows so much about the job he's applying for, it's as though he already works there." "They spend so much time together, they might as well be married." If there are a number of different options I'd be interested in hearing them! Thanks in advance!

てします and です So, in Japanese we use "~てします" on the end of a verb in te-form to say that that particular verb is regrettable. Can we combine this with です to extend this to nouns and adjectives? For example, if It's regrettable that the weather is hot, or that I'm busy, can I convert "暑いです" to "暑いでしまいます" or "忙しいです" to "忙しいでしまいます"? If not, or if you can but it sounds unnatural, how should you say e.g. "the weather is regrettably hot" or "I'm regrettably busy"?

パリの出張 来週の水曜日から金曜日まで主張でパリに行きます。私は研究者だし、パリで私の会社は大きな展覧会があるし、私の研究を発表しに行きます。でも、企業秘密だから、このブログで私の研究についてあまり話せまでん！このため、旅や日程だけについて話します。 フランスに行ったことがあるのに、パリに行ったことがない。それに、その旅行は子供の経験だから、フランスに行ったことがないかのように覚えていません*。 だから初めてパリに行くのを楽しみにしています。でも、日程は全然観光できないほど忙しそう。残念ですね。 水曜日の便は本当に早い。飛行機は午前７時３５分に出発します！それから、パリに着いて、準備やリハーサルなどのためにすぐに展覧会の場所に行かなくちゃは行けません。準備して、６時ぐらい食事をして、夜に報道機関に研究を発表してあげます。木曜日は展覧会の日。早く起きて、一日中発表します。午後８時ぐらい私達は発表をやめます。それから、パリのレストランで晩ご飯を食べるつもりです。その夜に観光できる可能性があるかな。最後に、金曜日の朝にロンドンに戻ります。この主張は忙しそうですね。 * I was really unsure about this sentence.... basically I'm trying to say "I remember so little from my childhood trip to France that it's as though I've never been before"

Please help me understand a textbook sentence 消費者からすると値段は安ければ安いほどいい The first part, 消費者からすると, I'm fine with ('from the standpoint of the consumer'), but I don't understand 安ければ安いほどいい, or other phrases that take this form. Thanks in advance!

What is the Japanese noun for 'importance' or 'significance'? For example, "he doesn't understand the importance/significance of what happened" Please note I am looking for a noun or nouns to use in such sentences, not how to say, for example, "he doesn't understand why the situation is important" My dictionary seems to say 意味 can be used for 'significance', but 意味 is also 'meaning', which to me doesn't quite express the same thing.

How to say "X wants Y to do Z" in Japanese? Where X is not yourself. For example, how would you say "Megumi wants Takeshi to cook dinner" in Japanese? I know that てほしい is used when YOU want somebody else to do something, and がる is used to express other peoples' emotions, so my guess is: めぐみはたけしに晩御飯を料理してほしがっている。 Is this correct? Is there a more natural way to say this?