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空には暗雲が立ち込めていた。

Sentence Analyzer

暗雲 立ち込めていた

English Translation

There is a mass of dark clouds in the sky.

Furigana

(そら)には暗雲(あんうん)(たこ)()めていた。

Romanji

Sora ni wa an'un ga tachikometeita.

Words

(そら)
sky; the heavens
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
暗雲 (あんうん)
dark clouds
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
立ち込める (たちこめる)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen

Kanji

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
Readings: アン、 くら.い、 くら.む、 くれ.る
Meanings: darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
Readings: ウン、 くも、 -ぐも
Meaning: cloud
Readings: リツ、 リュウ、 リットル、 た.つ、 -た.つ、 た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、 たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる
Meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect
Readings: -こ.む、 こ.む、 こ.み、 -こ.み、 こ.める
Meanings: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)