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だい
大
ぶぶん
部分
のスポーツ
せんしゅ
選手
はタバコから
とお
遠
ざかっているよう
い
言
われています。
Most athletes are told to keep away from cigarettes.
Grammar and points of interest
verb passive form verb passive form
 
is done
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。
verb て form + います／いる verb て form + います／いる
 
'ing' - present continuous / progressive
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。
Conjugations and inflections
  遠ざかっている is the progressive form of 'ru' godan verb 遠ざかる   ALL INFLECTIONS
  言われています is the masu form of the progressive form of the passive form of 'u' godan verb 言う   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
prefix
1. the large part of
2. big; large; great
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ぶ ぶ ん 1
noun
portion; section; part
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ス ポ ー ツ 2
sport; sports
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せ ん し ゅ 1
noun
player (in game); team member
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タ バ コ 0
Most common form: たばこ
noun
1. tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; cigar  (often written with kana only; originally from Portuguese 'tabaco')
2. tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)  (often written with kana only)
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と お ざ か る 4
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to die away
2. to be estranged
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よ う 1
Most common form: 陽
noun
1. yang (i.e. the positive)  (opposite: 陰)
2. the open (i.e. a visible place)  (see also: 陽に)
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い う 0
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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Kanji
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
部
ブ   part
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咅
standing mouths
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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⻏
おおざと group, community, large village   
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分
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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刀
トウ   かたな sword   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
選
セン   えらぶ choose   
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己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
共
キョウ   とも together   
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艹
grass   
⻌
move
手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
遠
エン   オン   far away   とおい far   
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袁
long kimono
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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