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な
亡
き
ひと
人
の
こんぱく
魂魄
はたとえてみれば
あき
秋
の
ほたる
蛍
のように
うす
薄
く
あおじろ
青白
い
ひかり
光
を
ひ
曳
いて
やみ
闇
の
なか
中
に
き
消
えて
ゆこうとしている―――。
The soul of the deceased person is, figuratively speaking, disappearing into the darkness like a firefly in autumn with a dim, pale trace of light.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
な き ひ と 1
noun
the deceased
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こ ん ぱ く 1
noun
soul; spirit; ghost
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た と え 0
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing; supposing that; -ever  (often paired with ても, でも, and とも; often written with kana only)
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み る 1
Most common form: 見る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
2. to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge  (see also: 診る)
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あ き 1
Most common form: あき
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
autumn; fall
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ほ た る 1
Most common form: ホタル
noun
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm  (often written with kana only)
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expression, adverb
1. like; similar to  (often written with kana only)
2. as with; in the same way  (often written with kana only)
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う す い 0 う す い 2
2. pale; light
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あ お じ ろ い 4
1. pale; pallid
2. bluish-white
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ひ か り 3
noun
light
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ひ く 0
Most common form: 引く
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
1. to pull
2. to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.)  (see also: 注意を引く)
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や み 2
Most common form: ヤミ
1. darkness; the dark; dark
2. bewilderment; despair; hopelessness
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な か 1
noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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き え る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to go out; to vanish; to disappear
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ゆ く 0
Most common form: 行く
irregular godan verb 'iku/yuku', intransitive verb
1. to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach  (see also: 来る)
2. to proceed; to take place  (see also: 旨く行く; い sometimes omitted in auxiliary use)
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
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亡
ボウ   モウ   dead   ない to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
魂
コン   たましい soul, spirit   
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魄
ハク    soul, spirit   
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秋
シュウ   あき autumn   
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蛍
ケイ   ほたる firefly   
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薄
ハク   うすい 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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青
セイ   ショウ   あお-    あおい blue   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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光
コウ   ひかり light, sunshine   ひかる to shine, twinkle   
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曳
エイ   ひく to pull   
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闇
やみ darkness   
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中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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消
ショウ   けす to extinguish   きえる to go out   
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