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The eastern sky was getting light.
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higashi
noun
  1. east
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no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
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sora
noun
  1. sky; the air; the heavens
  2. weather
  3. far-off place; distant place
  4. state of mind; feeling (often as 〜空もない)
  5. (from) memory; (by) heart (usu. as 空で)
  6. falsehood; lie
noun, used as a prefix
  1. somehow; vaguely (before an adjective)
  2. fake (before a noun or a verb)
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ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
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shiramu

masu stem

shirami
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
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Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
hajimeru

te-form

hajimete
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to start ...; to begin to ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)
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Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
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