私たちは喫煙反対の運動を開始した。

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私たちは喫煙反対の運動を開始した。

English Translation

We started a campaign against smoking.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは喫煙(きつえん)反対(はんたい)の運動(うんどう)を開始(かいし)した。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa kitsuen hantai no undō o kaishishita.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

喫煙 (きつえん)

smoking

反対 (はんたい)

opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissension; reverse; opposite; vice versa; contrast

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

運動 (うんどう)

exercise; physical training; work-out; appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying; motion; movement

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.

開始 (かいし)

start; commencement; beginning; initiation