抗生物質がなかったなら、医学はこんなに目覚しい進歩を遂げなかったであろう。

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English Translation

If it had not been for antibiotics, medicine would not have made such remarkable progress.

Furigana

抗生(こうせい)物質(ぶっしつ)がなかったなら、医学(いがく)はこんなに目覚(めざま)しい進歩(しんぽ)を遂(と)げなかったであろう。

Romanji

Kōsei busshitsu ga nakatta nara, igaku wa konnani mezamashii shinpo o togenakatta de arou.

Words

物質 (ぶっしつ)

material; substance

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

だ (だ)

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

医学 (いがく)

medical science; medicine

は (は)

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

こんなに (こんなに)

so; like this; in this way

目覚ましい (めざましい)

brilliant; splendid; striking; remarkable

進歩 (しんぽ)

progress; advance; improvement; development

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.

遂げる (とげる)

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...