まるで太陽が沈んでしまったかのように空は暗くなった。

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English Translation

The sky became as dark as if the sun had sunk.

Furigana

まるで太陽(たいよう)が沈(しず)んでしまったかのように空(そら)は暗(くら)くなった。

Romanji

Marude taiyō ga shizundeshimatta ka no yōni sora wa kuraku natta.

Words

丸で (まるで)

quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; just like

太陽 (たいよう)

sun; solar

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

沈む (しずむ)

to sink; to go under; to submerge; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend; to feel depressed

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

の (の)

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

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

空 (そら)

sky; the heavens

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

暗い (くらい)

dark; gloomy; dark (in colour); dull; depressed; dispirited; sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past); unclear; unfamiliar; unknown

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

太

Readings: タイ、タ、ふと.い、ふと.る

Meanings: plump, thick, big around

陽

Readings: ヨウ、ひ

Meanings: sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime

沈

Readings: チン、ジン、しず.む、しず.める

Meanings: sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes

空

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

暗

Readings: アン、くら.い、くら.む、くれ.る

Meanings: darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded