火星にはかつて原始的な生物が存在していたと彼は力説した。

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English Translation

He contends that primitive life once existed on Mars.

Furigana

火星(かせい)にはかつて原始的(げんしてき)な生物(せいぶつ)が存在(そんざい)していたと彼(かれ)は力説(りきせつ)した。

Romanji

Kasei ni wa katsute genshiteki na seibutsu ga sonzaishiteita to kare wa rikisetsushita.

Words

火星 (かせい)

Mars (planet)

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

は (は)

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

嘗て (かつて、かって)

once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

原始的 (げんしてき)

primitive; original

だ (だ)

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

生物 (せいぶつ)

living things; creature; biology

が (が)

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

存在 (そんざい)

existence; being

と (と)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

力説 (りきせつ)

insistence; (major) emphasis; stress

Kanji

火

Readings: カ、ひ、 -び、ほ-

Meaning: fire

星

Readings: セイ、ショウ、ほし、 -ぼし

Meanings: star, spot, dot, mark

原

Readings: ゲン、はら

Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

始

Readings: シ、はじ.める、 -はじ.める、はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin

的

Readings: テキ、まと

Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

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

物

Readings: ブツ、モツ、もの、もの-

Meanings: thing, object, matter

存

Readings: ソン、ゾン、ながら.える、あ.る、たも.つ、と.う

Meanings: exist, suppose, be aware of, believe, feel

在

Readings: ザイ、あ.る

Meanings: exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in

彼

Readings: ヒ、かれ、かの、か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

力

Readings: リョク、リキ、リイ、ちから

Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert

説

Readings: セツ、ゼイ、と.く

Meanings: opinion, theory, explanation, rumor