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太陽はどんなに麗しく輝いていようとも沈まなくてはならない。

Sentence Analyzer

太陽 どんなに 麗しく 輝いていよう 沈まなくて はならない

English Translation

No matter how fair the sun shines, still it must set.

Furigana

太陽(たいよう)はどんなに(うるわ)しく(かがや)いていようとも(しず)まなくてはならない。

Romanji

Taiyō wa donnani uruwashiku kagayaiteiyou to mo shizumanakute wanaranai.

Words

太陽 (たいよう)
sun; solar
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topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
どんなに (どんなに)
how; how much
麗しい (うるわしい)
beautiful; lovely
輝く (かがやく)
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
()
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
沈む (しずむ)
to sink; to go under; to submerge; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend; to feel depressed
()
if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since

Kanji

Readings: タイ、 タ、 ふと.い、 ふと.る
Meanings: plump, thick, big around
Readings: ヨウ、 ひ
Meanings: sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
Readings: レイ、 うるわ.しい、 うら.らか
Meanings: lovely, beautiful, graceful, resplendent
Readings: キ、 かがや.く
Meanings: radiance, shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle
Readings: チン、 ジン、 しず.む、 しず.める
Meanings: sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes