Components

Example details

 
わたし
たち
くら
ならないうちにテント
った

We set up our tents before dark.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
we; us
(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 4 forms, examples and links)
3
Most common form: くらい
1. dark; gloomy
2. dark (in colour); dull
(click the word to view an additional 3 meanings and 4 forms, examples and links)
0
expression
1. cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; cannot bear not to  (usu. ...てならない or ...でならない)
2. must not ...; should not ...  (usu. ...てはならない or ...ではならない)
(click the word to view an additional 1 meaning and 3 forms, examples and links)
0
noun
jettisoned cargo
(click the word for examples and links)
1
noun
tent
(click the word for examples and links)
0
Most common form: 貼る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to stick; to paste; to affix  (esp. 貼る)
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
2. to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent)
(click the word to view an additional 7 meanings and 2 forms, useful expressions, examples and links)
Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ム   private
grain
アン   くら dark   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
チョウ   は to stretch   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
チョウ   なが long   
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
Flashcards
Please LOG IN for free flashcards
More info on this sentence: Google Japan ⇗ Sentence translate
Problem with this example? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×