空気がなければ何物も生きられない。

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空気 が なければ 何物 も 生きられない 。

English Translation

But for air, nothing could live.

Furigana

空気(くうき)がなければ何物(なにぶつ)も生(い)きられない。

Romanji

Kūki ga nakereba nanibutsu mo ikirarenai.

Words

空気 (くうき)

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

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 ...

何物 (なにもの)

something; nothing (with neg. verb)

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

生きる (いきる)

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

Kanji

空

Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい

Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

気

Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

何

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-

Meaning: what

物

Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-

Meanings: thing, object, matter

生

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth