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ジョーンズさん
ねむ
れる
ように
まいばん
毎晩
ひつじ
かず
かぞえている
Mrs. Jones counts sheep every night to go to sleep.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
noun
1. joe  (computer terminology)
noun, noun or verb acting prenominally
2. jaw
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: ; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sleep (not necessarily lying down)  (see also: 寝る)
2. to die
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expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)  (often written with kana only)
2. hoping or wishing for something  (often written with kana only)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
every night
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Most common form:
noun
sheep (Ovis aries)
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noun
number; amount
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Most common form: 数える
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to count; to enumerate
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Kanji
ミン   ねむ to sleep   ねむ sleepy   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ミン   たみ people   
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ボ   はは mother   
バン    nightfall   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
メン   まぬかれる to escape, be exempted from   
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stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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corner
legs
スウ   ス   かず number   かぞえる to count   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ぼく strike   
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