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くら
暗
かった
ので
てまさぐ
手弄
り
でスイッチを
い
入
れた
。
It was very dark, so I felt around for the switch and turned it on.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
く ら い 3
Most common form: くらい
1. dark; gloomy
2. dark (in colour); dull
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の で 0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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1. playing with something with one's fingers
2. searching with one's fingers (e.g. in the dark)
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ichidan verb, expression
to switch on  (see also: スイッチ, 入れる)
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Kanji
暗
アン   くらい dark   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
音
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
弄
ロウ   play with; ridicule   もてあそぶ to play with   
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廾
twenty; two hands   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
入
ニュウ   いる to enter   はいる to enter   いれる to put in   
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