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明け方近くは冷え込む。

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明け方 近く 冷え込む

English Translation

It gets extremely cold toward dawn.

Furigana

()(がた)(ちか)くは()()む。

Romanji

Akegata chikaku wa hiekomu.

Words

明け方 (あけがた)
dawn
近く (ちかく)
near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
冷え込む (ひえこむ)
to get colder; to get chilled

Kanji

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
Meanings: bright, light
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount
Readings: レイ、 つめ.たい、 ひ.える、 ひ.や、 ひ.ややか、 ひ.やす、 ひ.やかす、 さ.める、 さ.ます
Meanings: cool, cold (beer, person), chill
Readings: -こ.む、 こ.む、 こ.み、 -こ.み、 こ.める
Meanings: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)