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かれ
やいん
夜陰
じょう
じて
かろうじて
のが
れる
こと
できた
They had a narrow escape under cover of darkness.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
they (usually male); them
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0
noun
shades of evening; dead of night  (see also: 夜陰に乗じて)
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0 3
1. to take advantage of; to follow blindly
2. to multiply  (mathematics)
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2 4 5 0
barely; narrowly; just manage to do something  (often written with kana only)
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3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to escape
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2
Most common form: こと
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)  (often written with kana only)
2. to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ヤ   よる    よ night   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
go
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dot   
lid
イン   かげ shadow   かげ to darken, to get dark   
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now I say
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コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
katakana fu   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
hill   
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ジョウ   load; power   の to board   のせる to load on   
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grain
トウ   にげる    のがれる to escape   にがす    のが to free   
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チョウ   きざ sign, indication   きざ to show signs (of)   
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スイ   みず water   
legs
move
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
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