水は生きるうえで欠くべからざるものだ。

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生きる うえ 欠く べからざる もの

English Translation

Water is essential to life.

Furigana

(みず)()きるうえで()くべからざるものだ。

Romanji

Mizu wa ikiru ue de kaku bekarazaru mono da.

Words

(みず、み)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
()
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.)
飢え (うえ)
hunger; starvation
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
欠く (かく)
to chip; to nick; to break; to crack; to lack
可し (べし)
shall; should; must
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
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: ケツ、 ケン、 か.ける、 か.く
Meanings: lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)