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    3. 夜明け前が一番暗い

    夜明け前が一番暗い

    夜よ明あけ​前まえが​一いち番ばん暗くらい​

    it's always darkest before the dawn

    NTAdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab61 strokes

    よあけまえがいちばんくらい

    Adjective

    1.
    it's always darkest before the dawn, the darkest hour is just before the dawn
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    夜
    よ・よる…(1)
    night・evening
    Kanji
    明
    あ.かり・あか.るい・あか.るむ・あか.らむ・あき.らか・あ.ける…(18)
    bright・light
    Kanji
    前
    まえ・-まえ…(4)
    in front・before
    Kanji
    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    Kanji
    番
    つが.い…(3)
    turn・number in a series
    Kanji
    暗
    くら.い・くら.む・くれ.る…(1)
    darkness・disappear・shade・informal・grow dark…(1)
    Kanji
    け
    ke
    Kana
    が
    ga
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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