--- Examples ---
私は肉は食べない。
I don't eat / meat / . (but I eat fish)
「セリーナをみせて！」「心配は要らない。いきてはいる、いきて。」
'Show me Serena!' 'No need to worry. She's / alive / . Alive (but _not_
well).'
いや、でも野球を見に行くのは好きだけどね。
No, but I like * going to baseball.
私は、足し算は好きだけど、引き算は嫌いだ。
I like * addition but * subtraction.
彼は上海で住んでいたので、戦争は彼とは全く関係のないところで行われていた．
Because he was living in Shang-hai, the war was being fought (lit.
performed) in places that did not have a connection with him at all.
--- Comments ---
The 'normal' negative sentence would be 私は肉を食べない。'I don't
eat fish'.
With the object marker を overridden by は this implies that not eating
meat is in contrast to eating something else (for example fish).
Note: When Japanese refer to meat (肉) they generally would not understand
that as including fish (魚). (contributor: Amatuka)
This contrastative は can fit in places that you might not expect. Take
生きている '(she's) alive.' vs. 生きてはいる '(she's) alive (but
not well).'. (contributor: Amatuka)
P.S. How's the Hero / Villain / Hostage example? (contributor: Amatuka)
Very helpful :) (contributor: Kana-chan)
In your comment, you said '私は肉を食べない。'I don't eat
fish'”, but obviously you meant to say 'I don't eat meat'. I also liked
the hostage example! :-) (contributor: khyron)
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