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Zach

私たちが生きるためには植物が必要です。

Sentence Analyzer

私たち 生きる ために 植物 必要 です

English Translation

We need plants in order to live.

Furigana

(わたし)たちが()きるためには植物(しょくぶつ)必要(ひつよう)です。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga ikiru tameni wa shokubutsu ga hitsuyō desu.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
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.)
為に (ために)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
植物 (しょくぶつ)
plant; vegetation
必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
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
Readings: ショク、 う.える、 う.わる
Meaning: plant
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to