On a gloomy morning I changed my usual walking route and found a huge, perfectly round white moon sinking low in the brightening sky. A different path brought a view that filled my heart — one more quiet reward of rising early.
| どんより | どんより | heavy and overcast |
| まん丸 | まんまる | perfectly round |
| 沈む | しずむ | to sink; to set |
| 景色 | けしき | scenery; view |
| 早起き | はやおき | early rising |
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