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らない
うち
かり
つけたまま
ねむ
りこんでしまった

Without realizing, I had fallen asleep with the light left on.
Source: ねじまき鳥クロにカル村上春樹
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1. unknown; strange
2. I don't care; I don't know and I feel nothing  (idiomatic expression)
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1. inside; within
2. while  (see also: ないうちに; also 裡; often written with kana only)
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Most common form:
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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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to turn on; to switch on; to light up  (see also: 付ける; often written with kana only)
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2
particle
1. as it is; as one likes; because; as  (often written with kana only)
2. condition; state  (often written with kana only)
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4
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to fall asleep; to sleep deeply
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Kanji
チ   し to know   
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シ   や arrow   
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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   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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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 to open   あける to empty   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
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   
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