盗賊が暗い戸口に潜んでいた。

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盗賊 が 暗い 戸口 に 潜んでいた 。

English Translation

A thief lurked in the dark doorway.

Furigana

盗賊(とうぞく)が暗(くら)い戸口(とぐち)に潜(ひそ)んでいた。

Romanji

Tōzoku ga kurai toguchi ni hisondeita.

Words

盗賊 (とうぞく)

thief; robber

が (が)

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

暗い (くらい)

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

戸口 (とぐち)

door; doorway

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

潜む (ひそむ)

to lurk; to lie dormant; to be hidden; to be concealed; to be stashed

Kanji

盗

Readings: トウ、 ぬす.む、 ぬす.み

Meanings: steal, rob, pilfer

賊

Reading: ゾク

Meanings: burglar, rebel, traitor, robber

暗

Readings: アン、 くら.い、 くら.む、 くれ.る

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

戸

Readings: コ、 と

Meanings: door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)

口

Readings: コウ、 ク、 くち

Meaning: mouth

潜

Readings: セン、 ひそ.む、 もぐ.る、 かく.れる、 くぐ.る、 ひそ.める

Meanings: submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush