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もし水がないなら、地上に生物は存在しないだろう。

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もし ない なら 地上 生物 存在しない だろう

English Translation

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

Furigana

もし(みず)がないなら、地上(ちじょう)生物(せいぶつ)存在(そんざい)しないだろう。

Romanji

Moshi mizu ga nai nara, chijō ni seibutsu wa sonzaishinai darou.

Words

若し (もし)
if; in case; supposing
(みず、み)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
()
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 ...
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
地上 (ちじょう)
above ground; surface; earth; world
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
生物 (せいぶつ)
living things; creature; biology
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
存在 (そんざい)
existence; being

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ソン、 ゾン、 ながら.える、 あ.る、 たも.つ、 と.う
Meanings: exist, suppose, be aware of, believe, feel
Readings: ザイ、 あ.る
Meanings: exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in