大部分のスポーツ選手はタバコから遠ざかっているよう言われています。

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English Translation

Most athletes are told to keep away from cigarettes.

Furigana

大(だい)部分(ぶぶん)のスポーツ選手(せんしゅ)はタバコから遠(とお)ざかっているよう言(い)われています。

Romanji

Dai bubun no supo-tsu senshu wa tabako kara tōzakatteiru yō iwareteimasu.

Words

大 (おお)

big; large

部分 (ぶぶん)

portion; section; part

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

スポーツ (スポーツ)

sport; sports

選手 (せんしゅ)

player (in game); team member

は (は)

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

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)

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

遠ざかる (とおざかる)

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to die away; to be estranged

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise