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アメリカでは、レストランに入った時喫煙席か禁煙席かを選ぶことができる。

Sentence Analyzer

アメリカ レストラン 入った 喫煙 禁煙 選ぶ こと できる

English Translation

In the U.S., you have the option, when you enter a restaurant, to sit in the smoking or non-smoking section.

Furigana

アメリカでは、レストランに(はい)った(とき)喫煙(きつえん)(せき)禁煙(きんえん)(せき)かを(えら)ぶことができる。

Romanji

Amerika de wa, resutoran ni haitta toki kitsuen seki ka kin'en seki ka o erabu koto ga dekiru.

Words

亜米利加 (アメリカ)
America; United States of America
(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.
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
レストラン (レストラン、レストラント)
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
()
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
入る (いる)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
(とき)
time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense
喫煙 (きつえん)
smoking
(せき)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
禁煙 (きんえん)
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
()
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.
選ぶ (えらぶ)
to choose; to select
(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
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: キツ、 の.む
Meanings: consume, eat, drink, smoke, receive (a blow)
Readings: エン、 けむ.る、 けむり、 けむ.い
Meaning: smoke
Readings: セキ、 むしろ
Meanings: seat, mat, occasion, place
Reading: キン
Meanings: prohibition, ban, forbid
Readings: セン、 えら.ぶ
Meanings: elect, select, choose, prefer