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A3 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verb

(あか)るむto brighten, to grow light

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    1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verb

      1.

      to brighten, to grow light

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    明るむ 【あかるむ】

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      (ふゆ)(あさ)7時()()ぎに(そら)(あか)む。

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

        (そら)(あか)(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)るんできて(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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