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    3. 白む

    白む

    白しらむ​

    to grow light

    KMT10News #45+1Verb, IntransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab8 strokes

    しらむしろむ

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to grow light, to become white, to turn grey (gray)

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    夜よるが白しらみ始はじめ、東ひがしの空そらが明 るくなった。

    The night began to grow light, and the eastern sky brightened.

    KMT10Nature & Environment
    明あけ方がた、空そらが徐じょ々じょに白しらんでいく様よう子すは美うつくしい。

    The sight of the sky gradually growing light at dawn is beautiful.

    KMT10Nature & Environment
    長なが年ねんの苦く労ろうで、彼かれの髪かみはすっかり白しらんでしまった。

    Due to many years of hardship, his hair has completely turned gray.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    山さん頂ちょうから見み下おろすと、夜よ明あけ前まえの空そらがうっすらと白しらんでいた。

    Looking down from the mountaintop, the pre-dawn sky was faintly growing light.

    KMT10Nature & Environment
    霜しもが降おりた朝あさ、庭にわの草くさ木きが白しらんで見みえた。

    On a frosty morning, the plants in the garden appeared white.

    KMT10Nature & Environment

    Characters that make up this word

    白
    しろ・しら-・しろ.い…(5)
    white
    Kanji
    む
    mu
    Kana
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