例えば、たばこをぷかぷか吸う先生が、たばこを吸う生徒に注意してもその注意は矛盾しているだろう。

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English Translation

For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.

Furigana

例(たと)えば、たばこをぷかぷか吸(す)う先生(せんせい)が、たばこを吸(す)う生徒(せいと)に注意(ちゅうい)してもその注意(ちゅうい)は矛盾(むじゅん)しているだろう。

Romanji

Tatoeba, tabako o pukapuka suu sensei ga, tabako o suu seito ni chūishite mo sono chūi wa mujunshiteiru darou.

Words

例えば (たとえば)

for example; e.g.

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)

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.

ふかふか (ふかふか)

soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); absent-mindedly

吸う (すう)

to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to slurp; to absorb; to soak up; to kiss

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

が (が)

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

生徒 (せいと)

pupil

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

注意 (ちゅうい)

caution; being careful; attention (heed); warning; advice

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

は (は)

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

矛盾 (むじゅん)

contradiction; inconsistency

だ (だ)

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