北極熊は極地の氷原に住んでいるのだが、生息地を失い、絶滅するであろう。

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English Translation

The polar bear, which lives on the polar ice-cap, will lose its home and die out.

Furigana

北極熊(ほっきょくぐま)は極地(きょくち)の氷原(ひょうげん)に住(す)んでいるのだが、生息地(せいそくち)を失(うしな)い、絶滅(ぜつめつ)するであろう。

Romanji

Hokkyokuguma wa kyokuchi no hyōgen ni sundeiru no da ga, seisokuchi o ushinai, zetsumetsusuru de arou.

Words

北極熊 (ほっきょくぐま、ホッキョクグマ)

polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

は (は)

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

極地 (きょくち)

farthest land; furthest land; polar regions

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

氷原 (ひょうげん)

ice field; ice floe

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

が (が)

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

生息地 (せいそくち)

habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)

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.

失う (うしなう)

to lose; to part with

絶滅 (ぜつめつ)

destruction; extinction

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...