たとえ私たちが即座に使用をやめても、南極のオゾンホールが元に戻るのにはさらに後６０年かかります。

Sentence Analyzer

たとえ私たちが即座に使用をやめても、南極のおぞんほーるが元に戻るのにはさらに後６０年かかります。

English Translation

Even if we do this, it will be another sixty years before the Antarctic ozone hole is repaired.

Furigana

たとえ私(わたし)たちが即座(そくざ)に使用(しよう)をやめても、南極(なんきょく)のオゾンホールが元(もと)に戻(もど)るのにはさらに後(ご)６０年(ねん)かかります。

Romanji

Tatoe watashitachi ga sokuza ni shiyō o yamete mo, Nankyoku no ozon ho-ru ga moto ni modoru no ni wa saranigo roku zero nen kakarimasu.

Words

仮令 (たとえ、たとい)

even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing; supposing that; -ever

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

が (が)

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

即座 (そくざ)

immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous

に (に)

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

使用 (しよう)

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

止める (やめる)

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit; to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

南極 (なんきょく)

South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica

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

オゾン (オゾン)

ozone

ホール (ホール)

hall (dance, concert, etc.); hole; whole; dining area of a restaurant

元 (もと)

former; ex-

戻る (もどる)

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back

は (は)

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

六 (ろく、む、むう)

six

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

罹る (かかる)

to suffer from