喫煙をお控え下さい。

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喫煙 を お 控え 下さい 。

English Translation

Please refrain from smoking.

Furigana

喫煙(きつえん)をお控(ひか)え下(くだ)さい。

Romanji

Kitsuen o o hikae kudasai.

Words

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.

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

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

Kanji

喫

Readings: キツ、 の.む

Meanings: consume, eat, drink, smoke, receive (a blow)

煙

Readings: エン、 けむ.る、 けむり、 けむ.い

Meaning: smoke

控

Readings: コウ、 ひか.える、 ひか.え

Meanings: withdraw, draw in, hold back, refrain from, be moderate

下

Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる

Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior