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くら
暗
かった
ので、
どうろ
道路
をやってくるのが
だれ
誰
かわからなかった。
It was dark, and I could not make out who was coming along the road.
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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の で 0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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ど う ろ 1
noun
road; highway
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や っ て く る 4
1. to come along; to come around; to turn up  (often written with kana only)
2. to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)  (often written with kana only)
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だ れ 1
who
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わ か る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow  (often written with kana only)
2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out  (often written with kana only)
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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   
道
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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首
シュ   くび neck; head   
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自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
䒑
grass   
⻌
move
路
ロ   -じ street   
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各
カク   each; every   おのおの each   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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夂
go
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⻊
ソク   あし foot; leg   たす to add   たる    たりる to be sufficient   
誰
だれ who   
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隹
little bird
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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