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暗闇の中に人影が見えた。

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暗闇 中に 人影 見えた

English Translation

A form appeared in the darkness.

Furigana

暗闇(くらやみ)(なか)人影(ひとかげ)()えた。

Romanji

Kurayami no nakani hitokage ga mieta.

Words

暗闇 (くらやみ)
darkness; the dark
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
人影 (ひとかげ、じんえい)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
見える (まみえる)
to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

Kanji

Readings: アン、 くら.い、 くら.む、 くれ.る
Meanings: darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
Readings: アン、 オン、 やみ、 くら.い
Meanings: get dark, gloom, disorder
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: エイ、 かげ
Meanings: shadow, silhouette, phantom
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible