この薬を飲む前には内科医の意見を聞くべきだ。

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English Translation

You should ask a physician for his advice before taking this medicine.

Furigana

この薬(くすり)を飲(の)む前(まえ)には内科医(ないかい)の意見(いけん)を聞(き)くべきだ。

Romanji

Kono kusuri o nomu mae ni wa naikai no iken o kiku beki da.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

薬 (くすり)

medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs; efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; small bribe

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

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

は (は)

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

内科医 (ないかい)

physician; internist

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

意見 (いけん)

opinion; view; comment

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

だ (だ)

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