もし電気が無かったら我々の文明生活は不可能になるだろう。

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English Translation

If it were not for electricity, our civilized life would be impossible.

Furigana

もし電気(でんき)が無(な)かったら我々(われわれ)の文明(ぶんめい)生活(せいかつ)は不可能(ふかのう)になるだろう。

Romanji

Moshi denki ga nakattara wareware no bunmei seikatsu wa fukanō ni naru darou.

Words

若し (もし)

if; in case; supposing

電気 (でんき)

electricity; (electric) light

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 ...

我々 (われわれ)

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

文明 (ぶんめい)

civilization; civilisation; culture; Bummei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

は (は)

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

不可能 (ふかのう)

impossible

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

だ (だ)

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