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生命はいつ誕生したのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

生命 誕生した です

English Translation

When did life come into being?

Furigana

生命(せいめい)はいつ誕生(たんじょう)したのですか。

Romanji

Seimei wa i tsu tanjōshita no desu ka.

Words

生命 (せいめい)
life; existence
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
要る (いる)
to need; to want
()
indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
誕生 (たんじょう)
birth; creation; formation
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

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
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち
Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
Reading: タン
Meanings: nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary