太陽がなければ、我々は生きていられないだろう。

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English Translation

If it were not for the sun, we could not live at all.

Furigana

太陽(たいよう)がなければ、我々(われわれ)は生(い)きていられないだろう。

Romanji

Taiyō ga nakereba, wareware wa ikiteirarenai darou.

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 ...

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

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

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.)

だ (だ)

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

Kanji

太

Readings: タイ、タ、ふと.い、ふと.る

Meanings: plump, thick, big around

陽

Readings: ヨウ、ひ

Meanings: sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime

我

Readings: ガ、われ、わ、わ.が-、わが-

Meanings: ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

生

Readings: セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth