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A3 う-verb (む), Intransitive verb

(あか)るむto brighten, to grow light

    Dictionary Definition

    1. う-verb (む), Intransitive verb

      1. 1.

        to brighten, to grow light

    All Forms

    明るむ 【あかるむ】

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    Examples

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    • (ふゆ)(あさ)7時(しちじ)()ぎに(そら)(あか)るむ

      In winter, the sky brightens after 7 a.m.

    • (そら)(あか)るむ(ころ)(いえ)()始発(しはつ)電車(でんしゃ)()る。

      I leave the house when the sky begins to brighten and take the first train.

    • まだ(そら)(あか)んでいませんが、(いえ)出発(しゅっぱつ)しました。

      The sky has not yet brightened, but I have set out from home.

      • (ひがし)(そら)(あか)るむ同時(どうじ)(にわとり)がコケコッコーと()(はじ)めました。

        As the eastern sky brightened, the rooster began to crow.

        • (そら)(あか)んできて(はじ)めて、台風(たいふう)被害(ひがい)様子(ようす)(あき)らかになりました。

          Only when the sky began to brighten did the extent of the typhoon's damage become clear.

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