もし水がなければ、私達は生きていけないだろう。

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English Translation

If it were not for water, we could not live.

Furigana

もし水(みず)がなければ、私達(わたしたち)は生(い)きていけないだろう。

Romanji

Moshi mizu ga nakereba, watashitachi wa ikiteikenai darou.

Words

若し (もし)

if; in case; supposing

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

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 ...

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

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.)

だ (だ)

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

Kanji

水

Readings: スイ、みず、みず-

Meaning: water

私

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

達

Readings: タツ、ダ、 -たち

Meanings: accomplished, reach, arrive, attain

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