多くの国が公の場所での喫煙を禁止する法律を通過させている。

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English Translation

Many countries have passed laws to prohibit people from smoking in public places.

Furigana

多(おお)くの国(くに)が公(おおやけ)の場所(ばしょ)での喫煙(きつえん)を禁止(きんし)する法律(ほうりつ)を通過(つうか)させている。

Romanji

Ōku no kuni ga ōyake no basho de no kitsuen o kinshisuru hōritsu o tsūkasaseteiru.

Words

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

国 (くに)

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

が (が)

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

公 (おおやけ)

public; open; formal; official; governmental

場所 (ばしょ)

place; location; spot; position; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

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.

喫煙 (きつえん)

smoking

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.

禁止 (きんし)

prohibition; inhibition; ban

法律 (ほうりつ)

law

通過 (つうか)

passage through (e.g. train skipping a station); transit; passing (e.g. exam, bill through parliament)