生命はいつ誕生したのですか。
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English Translation
When did life come into being?
Furigana
Romanji
Seimei wa i tsu tanjōshita no desu ka.
Words
生命
(せいめい)
life; existence
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
要る
(いる)
to need; to want
つ
(つ)
indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
誕生
(たんじょう)
birth; creation; formation
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
です
(です)
be; is
か
(か)
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
Kanji
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
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち
Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
Reading: タン
Meanings: nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary