植物は水が無ければ枯れる。

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植物 は 水 が 無ければ 枯れる 。

English Translation

Plants die without water.

Furigana

植物(しょくぶつ)は水(みず)が無(な)ければ枯(か)れる。

Romanji

Shokubutsu wa mizu ga nakereba kareru.

Words

植物 (しょくぶつ)

plant; vegetation

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

水 (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

が (が)

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 ...

枯れる (かれる)

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

Kanji

植

Readings: ショク、 う.える、 う.わる

Meaning: plant

物

Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-

Meanings: thing, object, matter

水

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-

Meaning: water

無

Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い

Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

枯

Readings: コ、 か.れる、 か.らす

Meanings: wither, die, dry up, be seasoned