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Zach

食物は生きるうえでなくてはならない。

Sentence Analyzer

食物 生きる うえ でなくて はならない

English Translation

Food is essential to life.

Furigana

食物(しょくもつ)()きるうえでなくてはならない。

Romanji

Shokumotsu wa ikiru ue denakute wanaranai.

Words

食物 (しょくもつ)
food; foodstuff
()
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
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since

Kanji

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: 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