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1. This week a district court in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s main islands, came down on the side of the three couples who sued there, the first such ruling by a Japanese court.
come down on 支持（爭論的一方）;痛斥
He clearly and decisively came down on the side of President Rafsanjani.
他清楚地表明自己堅決支持拉夫桑賈尼總統(tǒng)。
2. Yet it is also, for the time being, only a symbolic one.
for the time being 目前;暫時
You can leave your suitcase here for the time being.
你可以暫時把衣箱留在這兒。
3. That leaves Japan out of step with other rich countries—it is the only G7 member that does not recognise same-sex unions.
out of step with 與…不一致
This approach is now seriously out of step with the times
這種方法如今與時代潮流嚴重脫節(jié)。
