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きのう
昨日
よる
まえ
どうしてもヨーグルト
べたくなって
よなか
夜中
なのにコンビニ
いに
ってしまった

Last night, before going to bed, I really wanted to eat yogurt, and even though it was the middle of the night, I went to the convenience store to buy some.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
yesterday
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1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
evening; night
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0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to lie down
2. to go to bed; to lie in bed
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ahead; before; ago
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4 1
by all means; at any cost; no matter what; after all; in the long run; cravingly; at any rate; surely  (often written with kana only)
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3
Most common form: ヨウグルト
noun
yogurt; yoghurt; yoghourt  (originally from German 'Yoghurt')
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2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to eat
2. to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
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3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
midnight; dead of night
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conjunction
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that  (see also: それなのに)
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0
noun
convenience store  (abbreviation)
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0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to buy; to purchase  (in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.)
2. to value; to have a high opinion
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Kanji
サク    yesterday   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヤ   よる    よ night   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
go
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dot   
lid
シン   ねかす to lay down   ね to sleep, to lie down   
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また again   
cover; covered   
yo = to yell / say hi
left side   じょう    しょう    
roof   
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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リョウ   よ good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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バイ   か to buy   
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net
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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step
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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