獲物がいなければ、猟師は存在することができない。

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English Translation

The hunter cannot exist without the hunted.

Furigana

獲物(えもの)がいなければ、猟師(りょうし)は存在(そんざい)することができない。

Romanji

Emono ga inakereba, ryōshi wa sonzaisuru koto ga dekinai.

Words

獲物 (えもの)

game; spoils; trophy; prey

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

猟師 (りょうし)

hunter; huntsman

は (は)

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

存在 (そんざい)

existence; being

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

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