お酒の飲み過ぎは健康に害がある。

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お酒の飲み過ぎは健康に害がある。

English Translation

Drinking too much is bad for the health.

Furigana

お酒(さけ)の飲(の)み過(す)ぎは健康(けんこう)に害(がい)がある。

Romanji

O sake no nomisugi wa kenkō ni gai ga aru.

Words

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

酒 (さけ、ささ、き、くし、しゅ)

alcohol; sake

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

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

は (は)

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

健康 (けんこう)

health; sound; wholesome

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

害 (がい)

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about