健康擁護論者は職場での喫煙を制限する法律を強く要求してきた。

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English Translation

Health advocates have pushed for laws restricting work-place smoking.

Furigana

健康(けんこう)擁護論者(ようごろんしゃ)は職場(しょくば)での喫煙(きつえん)を制限(せいげん)する法律(ほうりつ)を強(つよ)く要求(ようきゅう)してきた。

Romanji

Kenkō yōgoronsha wa shokuba de no kitsuen o seigensuru hōritsu o tsuyoku yōkyūshitekita.

Words

健康 (けんこう)

health; sound; wholesome

は (は)

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

職場 (しょくば)

one's post; place of work; workplace

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.

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

喫煙 (きつえん)

smoking

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.

制限 (せいげん)

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

法律 (ほうりつ)

law

強い (こわい)

tough; stiff; hard; inflexible; obstinate; stubborn

要求 (ようきゅう)

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire