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レストランでの喫煙は禁じられていた。

Sentence Analyzer

レストラン 喫煙 禁じられていた

English Translation

Smoking in the restaurant was forbidden.

Furigana

レストランでの喫煙(きつえん)(きん)じられていた。

Romanji

Resutoran de no kitsuen wa kinjirareteita.

Words

レストラン (レストラン、レストラント)
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
(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.
()
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
喫煙 (きつえん)
smoking
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
禁じる (きんじる)
to prohibit

Kanji

Readings: キツ、 の.む
Meanings: consume, eat, drink, smoke, receive (a blow)
Readings: エン、 けむ.る、 けむり、 けむ.い
Meaning: smoke
Reading: キン
Meanings: prohibition, ban, forbid