英国の法律では１６歳以下の子どもがたばこを買う事を禁止している。

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English Translation

English law prohibits children under 16 from buying cigarettes.

Furigana

英国(えいこく)の法律(ほうりつ)では１６歳(さい)以下(いか)の子(こ)どもがたばこを買(か)う事(こと)を禁止(きんし)している。

Romanji

Eikoku no hōritsu de wa ichi roku sai ika no kodomo ga tabako o kau koto o kinshishiteiru.

Words

英国 (えいこく)

Great Britain; the United Kingdom

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

法律 (ほうりつ)

law

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

六 (ろく、む、むう)

six

歳 (さい)

-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius

以下 (いか、いげ)

not exceeding; and downward; ... and below; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following; the rest

子供 (こども)

child; children

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

煙草 (たばこ、えんそう、けぶりぐさ、けむりぐさ、タバコ)

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

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.

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

禁止 (きんし)

prohibition; inhibition; ban