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How to Say ‘It was gallstones, so I had surgery. Now they've told me to cut back on fatty and sweet foods.’ in Japanese

胆石でね、手術したの。今は脂っこいものと甘いものを控えるように言われてるのよ。

tanseki de ne shujutsu shi ta no ima wa aburakkoi mono to amai mono o hikaeru you ni iwa re teru no yo

Phrase Breakdown

胆石

tanseki

で

de

ね

ne

手術

shujutsu

し

shi

た

ta

の

no

今

ima

は

wa

脂っこい

aburakkoi

もの

mono

と

to

甘い

amai

もの

mono

を

o

控える

hikaeru

よう

you

に

ni

言わ

iwa

れ

re

てる

teru

の

no

よ

yo

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