生命がどの様にして、いつ、始まったかは依然として謎である。

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English Translation

How and when life began is still a mystery.

Furigana

生命(せいめい)がどの様(よう)にして、いつ、始(はじ)まったかは依然(いぜん)として謎(なぞ)である。

Romanji

Seimei ga dono yō ni shite, i tsu, hajimatta ka wa izentoshite nazo de aru.

Words

生命 (せいめい)

life; existence

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

何の (どの)

which; what (way)

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

要る (いる)

to need; to want

つ (つ)

indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

始まる (はじまる)

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

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

は (は)

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

依然として (いぜんとして)

still; as yet; as of old

謎 (なぞ)

riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery; enigmatic; mysterious

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...