太陽が無ければ私たちは地球上で生きていけない。

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English Translation

Without the Sun, we could not live on the Earth.

Furigana

太陽(たいよう)が無(な)ければ私(わたし)たちは地球上(ちきゅうじょう)で生(い)きていけない。

Romanji

Taiyō ga nakereba watashitachi wa chikyūjō de ikiteikenai.

Words

太陽 (たいよう)

sun; solar

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 ...

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

地球上 (ちきゅうじょう)

on the earth

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

生きる (いきる)

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)