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All of a sudden, large drops of rain began falling from the dark sky.
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kyuuni
adverb
  1. swiftly; rapidly; quickly; immediately; hastily; hurriedly
  2. suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
  3. sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
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kyuu
na adjective
  1. sudden; abrupt; unexpected
  2. urgent; pressing
  3. steep; sharp; precipitous
  4. rapid; swift; fast
noun
  1. emergency; crisis; danger
  2. urgency; hurrying; haste
  3. (in gagaku or noh) end of a song
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ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
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kurai
i adjective
  1. dark; gloomy; murky
  2. depressed; dispirited; down in the dumps; dark (mood)
  3. dark (in colour); dull
  4. ill-boding; dark (e.g. past); suspicious
  5. unlikely (to succeed); hopeless; unpromising
  6. unfamiliar (with); ignorant (of) (as 〜に暗い)
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sora
noun
  1. sky; the air; the heavens
  2. weather
  3. far-off place; distant place
  4. state of mind; feeling (often as 〜空もない)
  5. (from) memory; (by) heart (usu. as 空で)
  6. falsehood; lie
noun, used as a prefix
  1. somehow; vaguely (before an adjective)
  2. fake (before a noun or a verb)
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kara
particle
  1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
  2. from (originator); by
  3. because; since (follows verbs, adjectives)
  4. out of (constituent, part)
  5. through (e.g. window, vestibule)
  6. after; since (following the te-form of a verb)
  7. expresses sympathy or warning
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ootsubu
noun, no adjective
  1. large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)
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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
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ame
noun
  1. rain
  2. rainy day; rainy weather
  3. the November suit (in hanafuda)
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ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
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furihajimeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

furihajimeta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
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furu

masu stem

furi
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down
  2. to form (of frost)
  3. to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in
  4. to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.); to come; to arrive
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Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
hajimeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

hajimeta
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to start ...; to begin to ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)
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