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The fireplace, lacking firewood, flames already starting to lose their vigour.
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Vocabulary list

takigi
noun
  1. piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs) (usu. まき)
  2. kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
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)
tariru

Formal Present Indicative Negative Form

tarizu
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be sufficient; to be enough
  2. to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve (in the form に足りる after a verb)
  3. to do (the job); to serve; to answer
hayakumo
adverb
  1. already; as early as
  2. at the earliest; at the soonest
hayai

Adverbial Form

hayaku
i adjective
  1. fast; quick; hasty; brisk (esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い)
  2. early (in the day, etc.); premature (esp. 早い)
  3. (too) soon; not yet; (too) early (esp. 早い)
  4. easy; simple; quick (esp. 早い)
mo
particle
  1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
  2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) (as AもBも)
  3. even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than (used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.)
  4. even if; even though; although; in spite of (often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.)
adverb
  1. further; more; again; another; the other
kasei
noun
  1. force of a fire; force of flames
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)
otoroeru

masu stem

otoroe
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither; to waste away
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
hajimeru
hajimeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

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

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