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ゆうべ
昨夜
は
かみなり
雷
が
な
鳴
って
いなびかり
稲光
が
ひか
光
った。
There was thunder and lightning last night.
Conjugations and inflections
  雷が鳴って is the te form of 'ru' godan verb 雷が鳴る   ALL INFLECTIONS
  光った is the past form of 'ru' godan verb 光る   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
ゆ う べ 0
1. last night  (usu. 昨夜; this meaning is restricted to reading ゆうべ, さくや)
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
2. evening  (this meaning is restricted to form 夕べ, 夕)
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to thunder
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い な び か り 3
noun
(flash of) lightning
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ひ か る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
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Kanji
昨
サク    yesterday   
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乍
ながらも although   -ながら while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
丨
stick   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
夜
ヤ   よる    よ night   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
夂
go
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丶
dot   
亠
lid
雷
ライ   かみなり thunder   
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⻗
フ   あめ rain   
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田
デン   た rice field   
鳴
メイ   なく to chirp, to twitter   なる to sound, to ring   ならす to make ring   
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鳥
チョウ   とり bird   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
丂
reach
灬
fire
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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稲
トウ   いね rice plant   いな-    
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旧
キュウ    former, old   
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⺤
つめ claw; fingernail   
禾
grain
光
コウ   ひかり light, sunshine   ひかる to shine, twinkle   
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小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
兀
one pair of legs
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
儿
legs
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