しかし今日では、公共の場での喫煙は禁止されたり、きびしく制限されている。

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English Translation

But today smoking in public places is forbidden or strictly restricted.

Furigana

しかし今日(きょう)では、公共(こうきょう)の場(ば)での喫煙(きつえん)は禁止(きんし)されたり、きびしく制限(せいげん)されている。

Romanji

Shikashi kyō de wa, kōkyō no ba de no kitsuen wa kinshisare tari, kibishiku seigensareteiru.

Words

然し (しかし)

however; but

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

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

公共 (こうきょう)

public; community; public service; society; communal

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

場 (ば)

place; spot; space; field; discipline; sphere; realm; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.); session (of the stock market); area in which cards are laid out (in a card game); round (i.e. east, south, etc.); field; field (gestalt psychology)

喫煙 (きつえん)

smoking

禁止 (きんし)

prohibition; inhibition; ban

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

厳しい (きびしい、いかめしい)

severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless; stern; austere; grave; solemn; majestic; intense (cold); harsh

制限 (せいげん)

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit