せめて病気のときぐらいはお酒をのまないぐらいの分別を持つべきだ。

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English Translation

You should have enough sense not to drink, at least during your illness.

Furigana

せめて病気(びょうき)のときぐらいはお酒(さけ)をのまないぐらいの分別(ふんべつ)を持(も)つべきだ。

Romanji

Semete byōki no toki gurai wa o sake o nomanai gurai no funbetsu o motsu beki da.

Words

せめて (せめて)

at least; at most

病気 (びょうき)

illness; disease; sickness

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

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

くらい (くらい、ぐらい)

approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like

は (は)

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

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

酒 (さけ、ささ、き、くし、しゅ)

alcohol; sake

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.

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal

分別 (ふんべつ)

discernment; discretion; judgement; judgment; discrimination

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

だ (だ)

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