叔父は大の愛煙家です。彼にとってタバコは欠くことができない。

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English Translation

My uncle is a very heavy smoker; tobacco is indispensable to him.

Furigana

叔父(おじ)は大(だい)の愛煙家(あいえんか)です。彼(かれ)にとってタバコは欠(か)くことができない。

Romanji

Oji wa dai no aienka desu. kare nitotte tabako wa kaku koto ga dekinai.

Words

叔父 (おじ、しゅくふ)

uncle (younger than one's parent)

は (は)

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

大 (だい)

the large part of; big; large; great; approximate size; no larger than; -university; large (e.g. serving size); loud (e.g. volume setting)

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

愛煙家 (あいえんか)

heavy smoker; habitual smoker; person who loves smoking; tobacco lover

です (です)

be; is

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

に取って (にとって)

to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding

煙草 (たばこ、えんそう、けぶりぐさ、けむりぐさ、タバコ)

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

欠く (かく)

to chip; to nick; to break; to crack; to lack

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

が (が)

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