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ほん
本
を
ひとくぎ
一区切
り
よ
読
んでから
あ
明
かりを
け
消
して
ねむ
眠
った。
After reading a section of my book, I turned the light off and went to sleep.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
本を一区切り読んでから明かりを消して眠った。
verb て form + から verb て form + から
 
after
本を一区切り読んでから明かりを消して眠った。
verb て form verb て form
 
and
本を一区切り読んでから明かりを消して眠った。
Conjugations and inflections
  読んで is the te form of 'mu' godan verb 読む   ALL INFLECTIONS
  消して is the te form of 'su' godan verb 消す   ALL INFLECTIONS
  眠った is the past form of 'ru' godan verb 眠る   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
ほ ん 1
noun
1. book; volume; script  (see also: ご本・ごほん)
prefix
2. this; present
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ひ と く ぎ り 2
noun
end; break
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よ む 1
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to read
2. to count  (see also: さばを読む; now mostly used in idioms)
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あ か り 0
Most common form: 灯
noun
1. light; illumination; glow; gleam  (this meaning is restricted to form 明かり, 明り)
2. lamp; light  (see also: 明かりを消す)
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け す 0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to erase; to delete; to cross out
2. to turn off power
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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
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
区
ク    ward   
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㐅
crossed swords
匚
side open box
切
セツ   サイ   きる to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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七
シチ   ななつ    なな    なの seven   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
読
ドク   トク   トウ   よむ to read   
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売
バイ   うる to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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士
シ   samurai
㓁
net
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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明
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あく to open   あける to empty   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
消
ショウ   けす to extinguish   きえる to go out   
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肖
ショウ    resemble   
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⺌
small
⺝
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
氵
スイ   みず water   
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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