一昔前だったら、駅や、レストランや、病院の待合室でタバコに火をつけるのをためらう人はいなかっただろう。

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English Translation

At one time, people would not have hesitated to light up a cigarette in stations, restaurants, or hospital waiting rooms.

Furigana

一昔(ひとむかし)前(まえ)だったら、駅(えき)や、レストランや、病院(びょういん)の待合室(まちあいしつ)でタバコに火(ひ)をつけるのをためらう人(ひと)はいなかっただろう。

Romanji

Hitomukashi mae dattara, eki ya, resutoran ya, byōin no machiaishitsu de tabako ni hi o tsukeru no o tamerau hito wainakatta darou.

Words

一昔 (ひとむかし)

ages; long time; decade; the past ten years

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

駅 (えき)

station

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

レストラン (レストラン、レストラント)

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

病院 (びょういん)

hospital

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

待合室 (まちあいしつ)

waiting room

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.

煙草 (たばこ、えんそう、けぶりぐさ、けむりぐさ、タバコ)

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

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

火 (ひ)

fire; flame; blaze

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.

点ける (つける)

to turn on; to switch on; to light up

躊躇う (ためらう)

to hesitate

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

ば (ば)

if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since