東の空が白み始めていた。
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English Translation
The eastern sky was getting light.
Furigana
Romanji
Higashi no sora ga shiramihajimeteita.
Words
東
(ひがし、ひむかし、ひんがし)
east
の
(の)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
空
(そら)
sky; the heavens
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
白む
(しらむ、しろむ)
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)