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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
この機会は操作が簡単なうえに、小型で使いやすい。
This machine is simple to operate, and also small-form so easy to use.
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機会 = an opportunity
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台風が近づくにつれ、大雨に加えて風も強くなってきた 。
As the typhoon approaches, there will be not only heavy rains but also strong winds.
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Tense?
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彼の才能は人一倍の努力と相まって、みごとに花を咲か せた。
He made flowers grow splendidly with his talent alongside extra effort.
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You make it sound like it's about growing flowers.
花を咲かせる is being used an idiom there.
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日本の山の多い地形が、島国という環境と相まって、日 本人の性格を形成しているのかもしれない。
Japan's mountainous topography might have formed not only its island country surroundings, but also the personality of the Japanese people.
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Somehow you are not getting the structure.
You are reading it as one thing leading to two results.
Rather, it's two things causing one result.