空気は食べ物と同様、人間が根本的に必要とするものだ。

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English Translation

Air, like food, is a basic human need.

Furigana

空気(くうき)は食(た)べ物(もの)と同様(どうよう)、人間(にんげん)が根本的(こんぽんてき)に必要(ひつよう)とするものだ。

Romanji

Kūki wa tabemono to dōyō, ningen ga konponteki ni hitsuyō to suru mono da.

Words

空気 (くうき)

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

は (は)

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

食べ物 (たべもの)

food

と (と)

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

同様 (どうよう)

identical; equal to; same (kind); like; similarity

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

が (が)

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

根本的 (こんぽんてき)

fundamental; basic

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

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

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

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

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