喫煙者の病欠日数は非喫煙者の2倍です。
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English Translation
Smokers take twice as many days off sick as non-smokers.
Furigana
Romanji
Kitsuensha no byōketsu nissū wa hi kitsuensha no ni bai desu.
Words
喫煙者
(きつえんしゃ)
smoker
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
病欠
(びょうけつ)
absence on account of illness
日数
(にっすう、ひかず)
a number of days
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
非
(ひ)
fault; error; mistake; going poorly; being disadvantageous; being unfavorable; un-; non-; an-
二
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
倍
(ばい)
twice; double; times; -fold
です
(です)
be; is
Kanji
Readings: キツ、 の.む
Meanings: consume, eat, drink, smoke, receive (a blow)
Readings: エン、 けむ.る、 けむり、 けむ.い
Meaning: smoke
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person
Readings: ビョウ、 ヘイ、 や.む、 -や.み、 やまい
Meanings: ill, sick
Readings: ケツ、 ケン、 か.ける、 か.く
Meanings: lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: スウ、 ス、 サク、 ソク、 シュ、 かず、 かぞ.える、 しばしば、 せ.める、 わずらわ.しい
Meanings: number, strength, fate, law, figures
Readings: ヒ、 あら.ず
Meanings: un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non-
Reading: バイ
Meanings: double, twice, times, fold