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ランプ
ひかり
きり
なか
またた
いた

The lamplight glimmered in the fog.
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Words
noun
lamp
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3
noun
light
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0
Most common form: きり
noun
1. fog; mist  (see also: , )
2. spray
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1
noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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3
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat  (またたく is sometimes used transitively)
2. to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
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Kanji
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
legs
ム   きり fog   
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フ   あめ rain   
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ム   つとめる to work   つとまる to be fit for   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ぼく strike   
ム   ほこ halberd   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨ    previously, in advance   
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katakana 'ma'
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
シュン   またた to wink, to blink   
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シュン   morning glory
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oppose; opposite   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
wheel around
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つめ claw; fingernail   
cover; covered   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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