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はくぼ
薄暮
とき
ふか
まって
よいやみ
宵闇
せま
ってきた

It's getting darker and darker. Soon evening will come.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
noun
dusk; nightfall; twilight
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2
noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case  (this meaning is restricted to form 時)
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3
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
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0
noun
dusk; twilight
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2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to approach; to draw near; to be imminent
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
2. to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
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Kanji
ハク   うす thin   うすめる to dilute   うすまる to be watered down   うすれる    うすらぐ to decline, fade   
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セン   specialist; expert   もっぱ entirely, wholely   
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スン   inch
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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grass   
スイ   みず water   
ボ   くれる to get dark   くらす to make a living   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
バク   ボ   マク   モ    must not   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
シン   ふか deep   ふかめる to fill   ふかまる to deepen   
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net in the tree
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net
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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stick   
ショウ   よい early evening   
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ショウ    resemble   
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small
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
roof   
やみ darkness   
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モン   かど gate   
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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   
ハク   せま to urge, to press; to draw near   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
move
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