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ゆう
夕
べは
てつや
徹夜
して
しょうせつ
小説
を
よ
読
んだ。
I sat up all last night reading a novel.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
夕べは徹夜して小説を読んだ。
Conjugations and inflections
  徹夜して is the te form of 'suru' verb 徹夜   ALL INFLECTIONS
  読んだ is the past form of 'mu' godan verb 読む   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
ゆ う べ 0
Most common form: 昨夜
1. last night  (usu. 昨夜; this meaning is restricted to reading ゆうべ, さくや)
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
2. evening  (this meaning is restricted to form 夕べ, 夕)
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て つ や 0
all night; all-night vigil; sleepless night
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し ょ う せ つ 0
novel; (short) story
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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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Kanji
夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
徹
テツ    to go through, to pierce   
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彳
step
育
イク   そだつ to grow up   そだてる    はぐくむ to raise, to rear   
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private lidded
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厶
ム   private
亠
lid
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
攵
ぼく strike   
夜
ヤ   よる    よ night   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
夂
go
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丶
dot   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
説
セツ   ゼイ   とく to explain, persuade   
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兑
eight elder brothers
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丷
eight
兄
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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儿
legs
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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
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