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まち
あか
とても
あか
るく
とてもちかくなっていて
とお
あかり
かり
やちゅう
夜中
かがや
いています

Now the lights of the city were bright and very close, and the streetlights shone all night.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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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0 3
1. very; awfully; exceedingly  (とっても is more emphatic; often written with kana only)
2. (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)  (before a negative form; often written with kana only)
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0 3
1. bright; colourful
2. cheerful
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2
Most common form: 近い
near; close; short (distance)
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1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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3 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. avenue; street; way; road
2. coming and going; street traffic
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0
noun
1. light; illumination; glow; gleam
2. lamp; light  (see also: 明かりを消す)
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0 2
Most common form: 刈る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to cut (hair); to mow (grass); to harvest; to clip; to shear; to reap; to trim; to prune
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1 0
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
during the night; at night
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3
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
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Kanji
チョウ   まち town   
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チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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   
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あ to open   あける to empty   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ツ   ツウ   とお to pass through   とお to let pass   かよ to commute   
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use your ma
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
katakana 'ma'
move
ヤ   よる    よ night   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
go
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dot   
lid
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
キ   かがや to shine   
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コウ   ひかり light, sunshine   ひか to shine, twinkle   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
one pair of legs
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
legs
グン    army   
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cover; covered   
シャ   くるま car   
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