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Tom decided to try sleeping without a pillow.
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Vocabulary list

ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
makura
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. pillow; bolster
  2. introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
nashi
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. without
noun
  1. unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
nemuru

Plain Presumptive Form

nemurou
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to sleep
  2. to die; to rest (in peace); to lie (buried); to sleep (in the grave)
  3. to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; to lie untapped; to lie untouched
  4. to close one's eyes
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
kimeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kimeta
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix
  2. to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
  3. to persist in doing; to go through with
  4. to always do; to have made a habit of (as 決めている)
  5. to take for granted; to assume
  6. to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
  7. to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
  8. to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)
  9. to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

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