タバコを全く吸わなかった人々の６７％が受動的にタバコの煙を吸わされることで、健康への影響が心配だと言った。

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English Translation

67% of those who never smoked said they worried about the health effects of passive smoking.

Furigana

タバコを全(まった)く吸(す)わなかった人々(ひとびと)の６７％が受動的(じゅどうてき)にタバコの煙(けむり)を吸(す)わされることで、健康(けんこう)への影響(えいきょう)が心配(しんぱい)だと言(い)った。

Romanji

Tabako o mattaku suwanakatta hitobito no roku nana pa-sento ga judōteki ni tabako no kemuri o suwa sareru koto de, kenkō e no eikyō ga shinpai da to itta.

Words

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.

全く (まったく)

really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly; indeed; good grief (expression of exasperation)

吸う (すう)

to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to slurp; to absorb; to soak up; to kiss

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

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

六 (ろく、む、むう)

six

七 (しち、なな、な)

seven; hepta-

が (が)

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

受動的 (じゅどうてき)

passive

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

煙 (けむり、けぶり、けむ、けぶ)

smoke; fumes

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

健康 (けんこう)

health; sound; wholesome

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

影響 (えいきょう)

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on; to impact; to have an effect on

心配 (しんぱい)

worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid; assistance

と (と)

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