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夕方から雨が降り出した。

Sentence Analyzer

夕方 から 降り出した

English Translation

It began to rain toward evening.

Furigana

夕方(ゆうがた)から(あめ)()()した。

Romanji

Yūgata kara ame ga furidashita.

Words

夕方 (ゆうがた)
evening; dusk
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
(あめ)
rain
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
降り出す (ふりだす)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow

Kanji

Readings: セキ、 ゆう
Meaning: evening
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ
Meaning: rain
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
Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude