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その
しょうねん
少年
いがい
以外
はみんな
ねむ
眠
っていた。
All but the boy were asleep.
Grammar and points of interest
皆さん（みなさん） vs みんな 皆さん（みなさん） vs みんな
 
その少年以外はみんな眠っていた。
Conjugations and inflections
  眠っていた is the past form of the progressive form of 'ru' godan verb 眠る   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
し ょ う ね ん 0
noun
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
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い が い 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
with the exception of; excepting
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み ん な 3
adverb, noun
1. all; everyone; everybody  (often written with kana only)
2. everything  (often written with kana only)
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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
少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
年
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヰ
wheel around
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以
イ    (prefix) or   
外
ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はずす to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
卜
divining rod
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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