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さかな
魚
に
みず
水
が
ひつよう
必要
なように、
われわれ
我々
には
くうき
空気
が
ひつよう
必要
である。
Air is to us what water is to fish.
Grammar and points of interest
〜ように 〜ように
 
in order to ~, so that ~, to ~
魚に水が必要なように、我々には空気が必要である。
には, では, とは には, では, とは
 
emphasis
魚に水が必要なように、我々には空気が必要である。
other forms of です other forms of です
 
魚に水が必要なように、我々には空気が必要である。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
魚に水が必要なように、我々には空気が必要である。
Conjugations and inflections
  必要な is the inflected form of 'na' adjective 必要   ALL INFLECTIONS
  である is the plain form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
さ か な 0 さ か な 2 さ か な 1
noun
fish
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み ず 0
noun
1. water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water)  (see also: 湯; み is generally used in compounds)
2. fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
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ひ つ よ う 0
1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable  (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
2. necessity; need; requirement
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expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)  (often written with kana only)
2. hoping or wishing for something  (often written with kana only)
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わ れ わ れ 0
Most common form: 我我
we
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く う き 1
noun
1. air; atmosphere
2. mood; situation  (see also: 空気を読む)
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
魚
ギョ   さかな    うお fish   
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⺈
corner
田
デン   た rice field   
灬
fire
水
スイ   みず water   
必
ヒツ   かならず certainly, invariably   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
心
シン   こころ heart   
要
ヨウ   いる to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
覀
west
我
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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戈
tasseled spear
扌
hand
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
空
クウ   から empty   あく to be empty   あける to empty, vacate   そら sky   
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工
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
穴
ケツ   あな hole   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
宀
roof   
気
キ   ケ    spirit   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
⺄
second   おつ    
㐅
crossed swords
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