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それら
くら
くて
きたな
たてもの
建物
なか
ほし
よう
かがや
きました

They shone like stars in the dark, dirty building.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
pronoun
those (near the second person)  (often written with kana only)
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3
Most common form: くらい
1. dark; gloomy
2. dark (in colour); dull
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3
1. dirty; filthy; foul; unclean
2. disordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting)
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2 3
noun
building
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1
noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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0
noun
1. star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon)
2. offender; perpetrator  (esp. ホシ; slang)
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Most common form: ように
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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3
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
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Kanji
アン   くら dark   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
オ   きたな dirty   けが to defile, stain   けがれる to be defiled   けがらわしい dirty, defiled   よご to make dirty   よごれる to be dirty   
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reach
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
スイ   みず water   
ケン   コン   た to be built   たてる to build   
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long stride
writing brush
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ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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モチ   not
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pig
ギュウ   うし cow   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
セイ   ショウ   ほし star   
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ヨウ   さま Mr / Mrs   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
スイ   みず water   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
キ   かがや to shine   
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コウ   ひかり light, sunshine   ひか to shine, twinkle   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
one pair of legs
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legs
グン    army   
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cover; covered   
シャ   くるま car   
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