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You ought not to have kept her waiting on such a cold night.
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Vocabulary list

anna
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so (about something or someone distant from both speaker and listener, or about a situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
samui
i adjective
  1. cold (e.g. weather)
  2. uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny
yoru
noun, adverb
  1. evening; night
noun
  1. dinner
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
kanojo
pronoun
  1. she; her
noun
  1. girlfriend
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
mataseru

te-form

matasete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to keep (a person) waiting
matasu

Potential Plain te-form

matasete
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to keep (a person) waiting
Suffix after the te form of a verb
oku
godan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to do something in advance (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state (after the -te form of a verb)
Suffix after the dictionary form of a verb
beki
auxiliary
  1. should; must; that one ought to; to be done (after plain verbs)
deru

Plain Past Indicative Negative Form

denakatta
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (from ..て or で plus いる; indicates continuing action or state)

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