もし太陽がなければ、地球上の生物はいないだろう。

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English Translation

If it were not for the sun, there would be no life on the earth.

Furigana

もし太陽(たいよう)がなければ、地球上(ちきゅうじょう)の生物(せいぶつ)はいないだろう。

Romanji

Moshi taiyō ga nakereba, chikyūjō no seibutsu wa inai darou.

Words

若し (もし)

if; in case; supposing

太陽 (たいよう)

sun; solar

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

地球上 (ちきゅうじょう)

on the earth

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

生物 (せいぶつ)

living things; creature; biology

は (は)

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

要る (いる)

to need; to want

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative