公共の場で喫煙は控えてください。

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公共の場で喫煙は控えてください。

English Translation

Please refrain from smoking in public places.

Furigana

公共(こうきょう)の場(ば)で喫煙(きつえん)は控(ひか)えてください。

Romanji

Kōkyō no ba de kitsuen wa hikaete kudasai.

Words

公共 (こうきょう)

public; community; public service; society; communal

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

場 (ば)

place; spot; space; field; discipline; sphere; realm; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.); session (of the stock market); area in which cards are laid out (in a card game); round (i.e. east, south, etc.); field; field (gestalt psychology)

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

喫煙 (きつえん)

smoking

は (は)

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

控える (ひかえる)

to be temperate in; to refrain; to abstain; to hold back; to restrain oneself from excessive ...; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for; to be soon; to be in the offing; to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.)

下さる (くださる)

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor