夕暮れの海は優しい波の音を立てていた

N1 夕暮れ yuugure evening, (evening) twilight N5 海 umi sea, ocean N4 優しい yasashii kind, gentle N3 波 nami wave, ripple, fluctuation N4 音 oto sound, noise, note

N4 夕 seki / yuu evening, soirée, tarde N3 暮 bo / ku.reru, ku.rasu evening, twilight, season's end N4 海 kai / umi sea, ocean, mer N3 優 yuu, u / yasa.shii, sugu.reru, masa.ru tenderness, excel, surpass N2 波 ha / nami waves, billows, Poland N4 音 on, in, -non / oto, ne sound, noise, son N4 立 ritsu, ryuu, rittoru / ta.tsu, -ta.tsu, ta.chi-, ta.teru, -ta.teru, ta.te-, tate-, -ta.te, -da.te, -da.teru stand up, rise, set up

N5 〜ている te iru Indicates ongoing action, continuous state, repeated habit, or resulting condition depending on context N4 〜し shi Indicates multiple reasons or qualities, connects clauses or adjectives, means besides that, and also N5 〜を o Marks the direct object of an action, appears before the verb, shows what receives the action N5 〜の no Indicates possession, relation between nouns, nominal explanation, or turns a verb into a noun phrase N5 〜は wa Marks the topic of the sentence, indicates what the sentence is about, can contrast with another element, organizes main information