夕方近く雨が降りだした。

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夕方 近く 雨 が 降りだした 。

English Translation

It came on to rain toward evening.

Furigana

夕方(ゆうがた)近(ちか)く雨(あめ)が降(ふ)りだした。

Romanji

Yūgata chikaku ame ga furidashita.

Words

夕方 (ゆうがた)

evening; dusk

近く (ちかく)

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

雨 (あめ)

rain

が (が)

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

下る (くだる)

to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea

Kanji

夕

Readings: セキ、 ゆう

Meaning: evening

方

Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative

近

Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い

Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount

雨

Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ

Meaning: rain

降

Readings: コウ、 ゴ、 お.りる、 お.ろす、 ふ.る、 ふ.り、 くだ.る、 くだ.す

Meanings: descend, precipitate, fall, surrender