夜の暗闇の中で目が見えますか。

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夜 の 暗闇 の 中 で 目 が 見えます か 。

English Translation

Can you see in the darkness of the night?

Furigana

夜(よる)の暗闇(くらやみ)の中(なか)で目(め)が見(み)えますか。

Romanji

Yoru no kurayami no naka de me ga miemasu ka.

Words

夜 (よる、よ)

evening; night

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

暗闇 (くらやみ)

darkness; the dark

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

が (が)

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)

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

Kanji

夜

Readings: ヤ、 よ、 よる

Meanings: night, evening

暗

Readings: アン、 くら.い、 くら.む、 くれ.る

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

闇

Readings: アン、 オン、 やみ、 くら.い

Meanings: get dark, gloom, disorder

中

Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る

Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center

目

Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-

Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible