細菌は小さすぎて我々の眼には見えない。

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細菌 は 小さすぎて 我々 の 眼 に は 見えない 。

English Translation

Germs are too tiny for our eyes to see.

Furigana

細菌(さいきん)は小(ちい)さすぎて我々(われわれ)の眼(め)には見(み)えない。

Romanji

Saikin wa chiisasugite wareware no me ni wa mienai.

Words

細菌 (さいきん)

bacillus; bacterium; germ

は (は)

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

小さい (ちいさい)

small; little; tiny

我々 (われわれ)

we

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

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

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

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

Kanji

細

Readings: サイ、 ほそ.い、 ほそ.る、 こま.か、 こま.かい

Meanings: dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow, detailed, precise

菌

Reading: キン

Meanings: germ, fungus, bacteria

小

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-

Meanings: little, small

我

Readings: ガ、 われ、 わ、 わ.が-、 わが-

Meanings: ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

眼

Readings: ガン、 ゲン、 まなこ、 め

Meaning: eyeball

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible