時がたつにつれて空は次第に暗くなった。

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時 が たつ につれて 空 は 次第に 暗く なった 。

English Translation

As time went on, the sky grew darker and darker.

Furigana

時(とき)がたつにつれて空(そら)は次第(しだい)に暗(くら)くなった。

Romanji

Toki ga tatsu nitsurete sora wa shidaini kuraku natta.

Words

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

が (が)

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

起つ (たつ)

to rise up; to initiate (political) action

に連れて (につれて)

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

空 (そら)

sky; the heavens

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

次第に (しだいに)

gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

暗い (くらい)

dark; gloomy; dark (in colour); dull; depressed; dispirited; sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past); unclear; unfamiliar; unknown

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

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

次

Readings: ジ、 シ、 つ.ぐ、 つぎ

Meanings: next, order, sequence

第

Readings: ダイ、 テイ

Meanings: No., residence

暗

Readings: アン、 くら.い、 くら.む、 くれ.る

Meanings: darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded