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Zach

それは私たちが呼吸する空気のようなものです。

Sentence Analyzer

それ 私たち 呼吸する 空気 ような もの です

English Translation

It is like the air we breath.

Furigana

それは(わたし)たちが呼吸(こきゅう)する空気(くうき)のようなものです。

Romanji

Sore wa watashitachi ga kokyūsuru kūki no yōna mono desu.

Words

其れ (それ)
that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
呼吸 (こきゅう)
breath; respiration; knack; trick; secret (of doing something)
空気 (くうき)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
()
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
様だ (ようだ)
(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command
(もの、もん)
person
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: コ、 よ.ぶ
Meanings: call, call out to, invite
Readings: キュウ、 す.う
Meanings: suck, imbibe, inhale, sip
Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい
Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood