植物はみな水と光を必要とします。

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植物はみな水と光を必要とします。

English Translation

All plants need water and light.

Furigana

植物(しょくぶつ)はみな水(すい)と光(ひかり)を必要(ひつよう)とします。

Romanji

Shokubutsu wa minasui to hikari o hitsuyō to shimasu.

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

光 (ひかり)

light

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to