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生きるためには食物が常に必要です。

Sentence Analyzer

生きる ために 食物 常に 必要 です

English Translation

Food is always necessary for life.

Furigana

()きるためには食物(しょくもつ)(つね)必要(ひつよう)です。

Romanji

Ikiru tameni wa shokumotsu ga tsuneni hitsuyō desu.

Words

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.)
為に (ために)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
食物 (しょくもつ)
food; foodstuff
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
常に (つねに)
always; constantly
必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
です (です)
be; is

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: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ジョウ、 つね、 とこ-
Meanings: usual, ordinary, normal, regular
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to