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Smokers take twice as many days off sick as non-smokers.
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Vocabulary list

kitsuensha
noun
  1. smoker
kitsuen
noun, suru verb
  1. smoking
sha
suffix
  1. person; -er
noun
  1. expert; geisha; prostitute
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
byouketsu
noun, suru verb
  1. absence due to illness; sick leave
nissuu
noun
  1. a number of days
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
hikitsuensha
noun
  1. non-smoker
hikitsuen
no adjective
  1. nonsmoking
hi
noun
  1. fault; error; mistake
  2. going poorly; being disadvantageous; being unfavorable
prefix
  1. un-; non-; an-
kitsuensha
noun
  1. smoker
kitsuen
noun, suru verb
  1. smoking
sha
suffix
  1. person; -er
noun
  1. expert; geisha; prostitute
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
nibai
noun, no adjective
  1. double; twice (as much); twofold
ni
numeric
  1. two (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud; 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
bai
noun, no adjective
  1. double; twice (as much)
counter
  1. times (as much); -fold
  2. 1-nth; 1 to n; 1 in n (e.g. 40倍 - 1 in 40)
da

Polite Present Indicative Form

desu
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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