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You should quit smoking (lit: It would be better to quit smoking).
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tabako
noun
  1. tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; cigar
  2. tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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tomeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

tometa
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to stop; to turn off (esp. 止める, 停める)
  2. to park (esp. 止める, 停める)
  3. to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain) (esp. 止める, 停める)
  4. to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit
  5. to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind
  6. to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple (esp. 留める)
  7. to detain; to keep in custody (esp. 留める)
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Suffix after the past tense of a verb
hougaii
expression, i adjective (yoi/ii)
  1. had better (after past tense verb)
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hou
noun
  1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
  2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part (often 私の方, あなたの方, etc.)
  3. type; category
  4. field (of study, etc.)
  5. indicates one side of a comparison
  6. way; method; manner; means
  7. length (of each side of a square)
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ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
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ii
i adjective (yoi/ii)
  1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable (also written 良い, 好い and 善い)
  2. sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
  3. profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
  4. OK; all right; fine; no problem (as て(も)いい, と(も)いい, etc.; indicates permission or compromise)
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yo
particle
  1. hey; you (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.)
  2. hey (after a noun; used when calling out to someone)
  3. hey; hold on (in mid-sentence; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention)
interjection
  1. yo; hey
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