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I was awake most of last night.
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Vocabulary list

kinou
noun, adverb
  1. yesterday
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
yoru
noun, adverb
  1. evening; night
noun
  1. dinner
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
hotondo
noun, adverb
  1. mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost
hitobanjuu
noun, adverb
  1. all night long; all through the night
hitoban
noun, adverb
  1. one night; one evening
  2. all night; overnight
hito
prefix
  1. one (esp. ひと)
numeric
  1. one (when counting aloud, usu. ひ or ひい)
ban
noun, adverb
  1. evening; night
noun
  1. dinner; evening meal
counter
  1. counter for nights
juu
suffix
  1. through; throughout; in the course of
  2. all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
okiru

te-form

okite
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire)
  2. to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake
  3. to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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