生物は、実がついにそのうちの１つにわかり始めるまで、３０億年以上の間、全くその理由を知らずに地球上に存在していた。

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English Translation

Living organisms had existed on earth, without ever knowing why, for over three thousand million years before the truth finally dawned on one of them.

Furigana

生物(せいぶつ)は、実(み)がついにそのうちの１つにわかり始(はじ)めるまで、３０億(おく)年(ねん)以上(いじょう)の間(ま)、全(まった)くその理由(りゆう)を知(し)らずに地球上(ちきゅうじょう)に存在(そんざい)していた。

Romanji

Seibutsu wa, mi ga tsuini sono uchi no hitotsu ni wakarihajimeru made, san zero oku nen ijō no ma, mattaku sono riyū o shirazu ni chikyūjō ni sonzaishiteita.

Words

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

実 (み)

fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance

が (が)

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

遂に (ついに)

finally; at last; in the end

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

家 (うち、ち)

house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household

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

一つ (ひとつ)

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")

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

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

億 (おく)

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

以上 (いじょう)

not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned; foregoing; since ...; seeing that ...; this is all; that is the end; the end

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

全く (まったく)

really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly; indeed; good grief (expression of exasperation)

理由 (りゆう、わけ)

reason; pretext; motive

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

地球上 (ちきゅうじょう)

on the earth

存在 (そんざい)

existence; being