空気と水は両方とも生命にとって欠くことができない。

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English Translation

Both air and water are indispensable for life.

Furigana

空気(くうき)と水(みず)は両方(りょうほう)とも生命(せいめい)にとって欠(か)くことができない。

Romanji

Kūki to mizu wa ryōhō tomo seimei nitotte kaku koto ga dekinai.

Words

空気 (くうき)

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

と (と)

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

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

は (は)

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

両方 (りょうほう)

both; both sides; both parties

とも (とも)

certainly; of course; to be sure; surely; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although; without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.); also (called); emphatic particle

生命 (せいめい)

life; existence

に取って (にとって)

to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding

欠く (かく)

to chip; to nick; to break; to crack; to lack

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant