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くら
ふみきり
踏切
てまえ
手前
えん
タク
とめた
The taxi stopped in front of the dark crossing.
Source: いやな感じ高見順
Readings
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
いやな
かん
じ  #117 - The middle of nowhere. by
たかみじゅん
高見順
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Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
Most common form: くらい
1. dark; gloomy
2. dark (in colour); dull
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0
Most common form: 踏切り
noun
1. railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing
2. starting line; scratch
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0
noun
1. before; this side
2. one's standpoint; one's appearance
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0
noun
one-yen taxi (in the Taisho and Showa periods); taxi  (abbr. of 一円タクシー)
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0
Most common form: 止める
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to stop; to turn off  (esp. 止める, 停める)
2. to park  (esp. 止める, 停める)
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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   
トウ   ふ step on   ふまえる to be based on   
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ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
くつ shoes   
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スイ   みず water   
セツ   サイ   き to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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シチ   なな    なな    なの seven   
トウ   かたな sword   
シュ   hand   て    た-    
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
エン    circle, yen   まる round   
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