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ベルがうつくしくかがやいていました。そして、しあわせそうでした。
Belle glowed with beauty. And she looked happy.
Readings
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びじょう
美城
と
やじゅう
野獣
  Beauty and the Beast by Sasaki Ari
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Grammar and points of interest
そう そう
 
seems that, looks like
adverbs adverbs
 
ベルがうつくしくかがやいていました。そして、しあわせそうでした。
Conjugations and inflections
  うつくしく is the adverbial form of 'i' adjective うつくしい   ALL INFLECTIONS
  かがやいていました is the polite past form of the progressive form of 'ku' godan verb かがやく   ALL INFLECTIONS
Names
ベル
ベル   Belle   (female given name)  
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Words
う つ く し い 4
Most common form: 美しい
beautiful; lovely
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か が や く 3
Most common form: 輝く
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
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そ し て 0 そ し て 3
conjunction
and; and then; thus; and now  (often written with kana only)
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し あ わ せ 0
Most common form: 幸せ
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
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1. so; really; seeming
2. appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of  (after masu stem or adj-stem)
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