夜の空に星が現れ始めた。

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夜 の 空 に 星 が 現れ始めた 。

English Translation

Some stars began to appear in the night sky.

Furigana

夜(よる)の空(そら)に星(ほし)が現(あらわ)れ始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Yoru no sora ni hoshi ga arawarehajimeta.

Words

夜 (よる、よ)

evening; night

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

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

星 (ほし)

star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon); offender; perpetrator (police slang)

が (が)

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

現れる (あらわれる)

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

Kanji

夜

Readings: ヤ、 よ、 よる

Meanings: night, evening

空

Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい

Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

星

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 ほし、 -ぼし

Meanings: star, spot, dot, mark

現

Readings: ゲン、 あらわ.れる、 あらわ.す、 うつつ、 うつ.つ

Meanings: present, existing, actual

始

Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin