夕闇が砂漠をつつんだ。

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夕闇 が 砂漠 を つつんだ 。

English Translation

Dusk fell over the desert.

Furigana

夕闇(ゆうやみ)が砂漠(さばく)をつつんだ。

Romanji

Yūyami ga sabaku o tsutsunda.

Words

夕闇 (ゆうやみ)

dusk; twilight

が (が)

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

砂漠 (さばく)

desert

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

包む (くるむ、つつむ)

to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in; to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by

Kanji

夕

Readings: セキ、 ゆう

Meaning: evening

闇

Readings: アン、 オン、 やみ、 くら.い

Meanings: get dark, gloom, disorder

砂

Readings: サ、 シャ、 すな

Meaning: sand

漠

Reading: バク

Meanings: vague, obscure, desert, wide