食物は生きる上でなくてはならないものだ。

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English Translation

Food is essential to life.

Furigana

食物(しょくもつ)は生(い)きる上(うえ)でなくてはならないものだ。

Romanji

Shokumotsu wa ikiru ue denakute wanaranai mono da.

Words

食物 (しょくもつ)

food; foodstuff

は (は)

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.)

上 (うえ)

above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)

だ (だ)

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

ば (ば)

if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since

者 (もの、もん)

person