太陽の熱がなかったら、地上の生物はどうなるだろう。

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English Translation

But for the heat of the sun, what would become of the living things on earth?

Furigana

太陽(たいよう)の熱(ねつ)がなかったら、地上(ちじょう)の生物(せいぶつ)はどうなるだろう。

Romanji

Taiyō no netsu ga nakattara, chijō no seibutsu wa dō naru darou.

Words

太陽 (たいよう)

sun; solar

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

熱 (ねつ)

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion; enthusiasm; mania; craze; rage

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 ...

地上 (ちじょう)

above ground; surface; earth; world

生物 (せいぶつ)

living things; creature; biology

は (は)

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

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

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