過度の飲酒は健康に害となることがある。

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過度の飲酒は健康に害となることがある。

English Translation

Too much drinking may be hazardous to your health.

Furigana

過度(かど)の飲酒(いんしゅ)は健康(けんこう)に害(がい)となることがある。

Romanji

Kado no inshu wa kenkō ni gai to naru koto ga aru.

Words

過度 (かど)

excess; immoderation

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

飲酒 (いんしゅ)

drinking alcohol (sake)

は (は)

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

健康 (けんこう)

health; sound; wholesome

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

害 (がい)

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

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

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about