警察官は勤務中に酒を飲むことは禁止されている。

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English Translation

The police aren't allowed to drink on duty.

Furigana

警察官(けいさつかん)は勤務中(きんむちゅう)に酒(さけ)を飲(の)むことは禁止(きんし)されている。

Romanji

Keisatsukan wa kinmuchū ni sake o nomu koto wa kinshisareteiru.

Words

警察官 (けいさつかん、ケイサツカン)

policeman; policewoman; police officer

は (は)

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

勤務中 (きんむちゅう)

on duty; at work; while working

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

酒 (さけ、ささ、き、くし、しゅ)

alcohol; sake

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.

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

禁止 (きんし)

prohibition; inhibition; ban