塩分の高い食事をとると、高血圧の原因になるかもしれない。

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English Translation

Maintaining a high salt diet may contribute to high blood pressure.

Furigana

塩分(えんぶん)の高(たか)い食事(しょくじ)をとると、高血圧(こうけつあつ)の原因(げんいん)になるかもしれない。

Romanji

Enbun no takai shokuji o toru to, kōketsuatsu no gen'in ni naru kamo shirenai.

Words

塩分 (えんぶん)

salt; salt content

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

食事 (しょくじ)

meal; to eat

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

とる (とる)

is being

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

高血圧 (こうけつあつ)

high blood pressure; hypertension

原因 (げんいん)

cause; origin; source

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

かも (かも)

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe