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とうげ
きり
うる
まち
あか
えてきた

Crossing the mountain pass, I could see the lights of the town blurred in fog.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
3
noun, noun (suffix)
ridge; (mountain) pass; difficult part
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of)  (esp. 越える)
2. to exceed  (esp. 超える)
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0
Most common form: きり
noun
1. fog; mist  (see also: , )
2. spray
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2
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be wet; to be moist
2. to get dim; to become blurred; to get cloudy; to get muddy; to be bleared
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2
noun
1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
2. street; road
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0
Most common form:
noun
1. light; illumination; glow; gleam
2. lamp; light  (see also: 明かりを消す)
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
2. to look; to seem; to appear
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Kanji
とうげ ridge, mountain pass   
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ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
カ   ゲ   した below, under   しも bottom part   もと under (influence)   さげる to lower, to reduce   さがる to be lowered   くだ to descend   くだ to judge   くださる to give   おろす to drop off (passenger)   おりる to get off (train)   
サン   やま mountain   
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エツ   こ    こえる to surpass   
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ソウ   はし run   
warrior   
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tasseled spear
hook
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   
ジュン   うるお to moisten, to wet; to benefit, to profit   うるお to be wet   うる to be moist, be dull   
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ジュン   うるう extra, intercalation (= insertion of extra into something, eg leap year)   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
モン   かど gate   
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スイ   みず water   
チョウ   まち town   
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デン   た rice field   
トウ   ひ lamp   
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カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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eight
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
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