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The stars look dim because of the city lights.
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Vocabulary list

hoshi
noun
  1. star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); heavenly body
  2. star (glyph, symbol, shape)
  3. star (actor, player, etc.)
  4. small dot; spot; fleck
  5. star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot
  6. perp; perpetrator; mark; offender; suspect (police slang)
  7. bullseye
  8. one's star (that determines one's fate); one's fortune
  9. point; score
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
machi
noun
  1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood (esp. 町)
  2. downtown; main street
  3. street; road
  4. 109.09 m
  5. 0.99 hectares
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
akari
noun
  1. light; illumination; glow; gleam
  2. lamp; light
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
kasumu

te-form

kasunde
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become misty; to become hazy (esp. 霞む)
  2. to get blurry; to grow dim (esp. 翳む)
  3. to be overshadowed; to be upstaged; to be outshone (esp. 霞む)
mieru
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be seen; to be in sight
  2. to look; to seem; to appear
  3. to come

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