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わたし
さくばんか
昨晩家
かえ
った
ときすっかり
くら
なっていた
It was quite dark when I got home last night.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
last night
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to return; to come home; to go home; to go back  (see also: 返る)
2. to leave  (of a guest, customer, etc.)
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Most common form:
noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case
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3
all; completely; thoroughly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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Most common form: くらい
1. dark; gloomy
2. dark (in colour); dull
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'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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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
サク    yesterday   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
バン    nightfall   
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メン   まぬかれる to escape, be exempted from   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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corner
legs
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
キ   かえ to return   かえ to send back, give back   
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トウ   かたな sword   
broom   
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yo; yell
cover; covered   
キン   turban; cloth
アン   くら dark   
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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   
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