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わたし
くら
なってから
ひとり
一人
ある
いて
かえ
いや

I don't like walking home alone after dark.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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3
Most common form: くらい
1. dark; gloomy
2. dark (in colour); dull
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'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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noun
1. one person  (esp. 一人)
2. alone; unmarried; solitary  (esp. 独り; this meaning is restricted to reading ひとり)
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2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to walk
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to return; to come home; to go home; to go back  (see also: 返る)
2. to leave  (of a guest, customer, etc.)
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Most common form: いや
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
アン   くら dark   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ホ   フ   ブ   ある    あゆ to walk   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
キ   かえ to return   かえ to send back, give back   
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トウ   かたな sword   
broom   
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yo; yell
cover; covered   
キン   turban; cloth
ケン   ゲン   いや disagreeable   きら to dislike   
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ケン   double   かねる to be unable to; to double up as   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
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