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しばしば
わたし
私
たちは
いちばんちゅう
一晩中
ねむ
眠
れなかった。
As often as not, we lay awake all night.
Grammar and points of interest
中（ちゅう, じゅう, なか) 中（ちゅう, じゅう, なか)
 
throughout; while; out of; during etc.
しばしば私たちは一晩中眠れなかった。
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
Most common form: 数
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly  (see also: 度々; often written with kana only; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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わ た し た ち 3
we; us
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ひ と ば ん じ ゅ う 0
noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
all night long; all through the night
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ね む る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sleep  (see also: 寝る)
2. to die; to rest (in peace); to lie (buried); to sleep (in the grave)
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
晩
バン    nightfall   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
免
メン   まぬかれる to escape, be exempted from   
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丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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⺈
corner
儿
legs
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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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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