私たちが新鮮な空気を必要とするように、魚はきれいな水を必要とする。

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English Translation

As we need fresh air, so fish need clean water.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちが新鮮(しんせん)な空気(くうき)を必要(ひつよう)とするように、魚(さかな)はきれいな水(みず)を必要(ひつよう)とする。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga shinsenna kūki o hitsuyō to suru yōni, sakana wa kireina mizu o hitsuyō to suru.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

新鮮 (しんせん)

fresh

空気 (くうき)

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

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

と (と)

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

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

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

魚 (さかな、うお)

fish

は (は)

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

綺麗 (きれい)

pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair; clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat; completely; entirely

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