核戦争で生き残る人は、たとえいたとしてもほとんどいないだろう。

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English Translation

Few people, if any, could survive a nuclear war.

Furigana

核(かく)戦争(せんそう)で生(い)き残(のこ)る人(ひと)は、たとえいたとしてもほとんどいないだろう。

Romanji

Kaku sensō de ikinokoru hito wa, tatoeita toshite mo hotondo inai darou.

Words

核 (かく)

pit (of a fruit); stone; core; nucleus; nuclear; nuclear weaponry

戦争 (せんそう)

war

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

生き残る (いきのこる)

to survive

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

は (は)

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

例える (たとえる)

to compare; to liken; to speak figuratively; to illustrate; to use a simile

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

要る (いる)

to need; to want

だ (だ)

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