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水がなければ、何物も生きられないだろう。

Sentence Analyzer

なければ 何物 生きられない だろう

English Translation

If it were not for water, nothing could live.

Furigana

(みず)がなければ、何物(なにぶつ)()きられないだろう。

Romanji

Mizu ga nakereba, nanibutsu mo ikirarenai darou.

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
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
何物 (なにもの)
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
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.)
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
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