同じことを言うわけでもないが、酒を飲む人たちは車を運転すべきでないという私の意見はかわらない。

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English Translation

Not to harp on the same string, I still insist that those who drink should never drive.

Furigana

同(おな)じことを言(い)うわけでもないが、酒(さけ)を飲(の)む人(ひと)たちは車(くるま)を運転(うんてん)すべきでないという私(わたし)の意見(いけん)はかわらない。

Romanji

Onaji koto o iu wake de mo nai ga, sake o nomu hitotachi wa kuruma o untensu beki denai toiu watashi no iken wa kawaranai.

Words

同じ (おなじ、おんなじ)

same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case

事 (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

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.

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

訳 (わけ)

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

だ (だ)

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

が (が)

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

酒 (さけ、ささ、き、くし、しゅ)

alcohol; sake

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

人達 (ひとたち)

people

は (は)

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

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

運転 (うんてん)

operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run; driving; working (capital, etc.)

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

替わる (かわる)

to succeed; to relieve; to replace; to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch