酔いとは脳がある刺激物に冒されることである。

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English Translation

Intoxication is what happens when the brain is affected by certain stimulants.

Furigana

酔(よ)いとは脳(のう)がある刺激物(しげきぶつ)に冒(おか)されることである。

Romanji

Yoi to wa nō ga aru shigekibutsu ni okasareru koto de aru.

Words

酔い (よい、えい)

drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness

と (と)

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

は (は)

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

脳 (のう)

brain; brains; mind

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

刺激物 (しげきぶつ)

stimulant; stimulative; excitant

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

冒す (おかす)

to brave; to risk; to face; to venture; to harm; to afflict; to affect; to desecrate; to profane; to assume (someone else's surname); to take

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

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...