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くら
暗
く
なる
まえ
前
に
きたく
帰宅
したい
なら
いそ
急
いだ
ほう
方
がいいです。
You'd better hurry up if you want to get home before dark.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
く ら い 3
Most common form: くらい
1. dark; gloomy
2. dark (in colour); dull
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な る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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ま え 1
noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
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き た く 0
returning home
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な ら 1
auxiliary
1. if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that  (hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle)
2. as for; on the topic of  (this meaning is restricted to reading なら)
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い そ ぐ 2
'gu' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
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ほ う 1
noun
1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
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い い 1
1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable  (see also: 良い)
2. sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared  (see also: 良い)
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Kanji
暗
アン   くらい dark   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
音
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
前
ゼン   まえ before   
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刖
the body part and the sword
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⺼
ニク body part   
刂
トウ   かたな sword   
䒑
grass   
帰
キ   かえる to return   かえす to send back, give back   
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帚
broom   
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⺕
yo; yell
冖
cover; covered   
巾
キン   turban; cloth
宅
タク    home   
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乇
Mo, as if name of person (from similarity to katakana モ = mo)
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
七
シチ   ななつ    なな    なの seven   
宀
roof   
急
キュウ   いそぐ to hurry   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
⺈
corner
ヨ
yo = to yell / say hi
方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
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