事業中はほかの人に話し掛けてはいけません。

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English Translation

Don't talk to others during the class.

Furigana

事業中(じぎょうちゅう)はほかの人(ひと)に話(はな)し掛(か)けてはいけません。

Romanji

Jigyōchū wa hoka no hito ni hanashikakete waikemasen.

Words

は (は)

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

他 (ほか)

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but; nothing apart from; nothing aside from; no choice (but to); besides...; in addition to...

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

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

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

話しかける (はなしかける)

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

ば (ば)

if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since