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なぜ
さくばん
昨晩
ねむ
眠
れなかったのですか。
Why couldn't you sleep last night?
Grammar and points of interest
〜んです／〜のです 〜んです／〜のです
 
emphasize or soften a phrase
なぜ昨晩眠れなかったのですか。
Conjugations and inflections
  眠れなかった is the past form of the potential negative form of 'ru' godan verb 眠る   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
な ぜ 1
why; how  (often written with kana only)
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さ く ば ん 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
last night
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ね む る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sleep (not necessarily lying down)  (see also: 寝る)
2. to die
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Kanji
昨
サク    yesterday   
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乍
ながらも although   -ながら while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
丨
stick   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
晩
バン    nightfall   
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免
メン   まぬかれる to escape, be exempted from   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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⺈
corner
儿
legs
眠
ミン   ねむる to sleep   ねむい sleepy   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
民
ミン   たみ people   
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