釈迦に説法とは存じますが、医者も禁煙されたほうがよろしいのではないでしょうか。

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English Translation

I'm sure you don't need me to tell you this, but wouldn't it be a good idea to stop smoking?

Furigana

釈迦(しゃか)に説法(せっぽう)とは存(ぞん)じますが、医者(いしゃ)も禁煙(きんえん)されたほうがよろしいのではないでしょうか。

Romanji

Shaka ni seppō to wa zonjimasu ga, isha mo kin'ensareta hō ga yoroshii no de wa nai deshō ka.

Words

釈迦 (しゃか)

the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama, 563 BCE-483 BCE); Shakyamuni; Sakyamuni

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

説法 (せっぽう)

lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising

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

存じる (ぞんじる)

to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

が (が)

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

医者 (いしゃ)

(medical) doctor; physician

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

禁煙 (きんえん)

abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!

切っ先 (きっさき、ほう)

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

宜しい (よろしい)

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do; may; can

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

だ (だ)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

デス (デス)

death

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way