薬が乱用されると、人々の健康を害する可能性がある。

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English Translation

If the medicine is abused, people can ruin their health.

Furigana

薬(くすり)が乱用(らんよう)されると、人々(ひとびと)の健康(けんこう)を害(がい)する可能性(かのうせい)がある。

Romanji

Kusuri ga ran'yōsareru to, hitobito no kenkō o gaisuru kanōsei ga aru.

Words

薬 (くすり)

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

が (が)

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

乱用 (らんよう)

abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

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

健康 (けんこう)

health; sound; wholesome

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.

害 (がい)

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

可能性 (かのうせい)

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

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