夜明け前が一番暗い。

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夜明け 前 が 一番 暗い 。

English Translation

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Furigana

夜明(よあ)け前(まえ)が一番(いちばん)暗(くら)い。

Romanji

Yoake mae ga ichiban kurai.

Words

夜明け (よあけ)

dawn; daybreak

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

一番 (いちばん)

number one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively; song (e.g. in Noh); piece

暗い (くらい)

dark; gloomy; dark (in colour); dull; depressed; dispirited; sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past); unclear; unfamiliar; unknown

Kanji

夜

Readings: ヤ、 よ、 よる

Meanings: night, evening

明

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす

Meanings: bright, light

前

Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ

Meanings: in front, before

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

番

Readings: バン、 つが.い

Meanings: turn, number in a series

暗

Readings: アン、 くら.い、 くら.む、 くれ.る

Meanings: darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded