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What keeps you up so late?
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nande
adverb
  1. why?; what for?
  2. how?; by what means?
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konnani
adverb
  1. so; like this; in this way
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osoi

Adverbial Form

osoku
i adjective
  1. slow; time-consuming; sluggish
  2. late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); until a time far into the day or night
  3. later (than expected or usual); late; behind schedule; behind time; tardy; overdue; unpunctual
  4. too late; having missed the boat
  5. dull; stupid
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made
particle
  1. until (a time); till; to; up to
  2. to (a place); as far as
  3. to (an extent); up to; so far as; even
  4. only; merely
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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
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Contraction of 「～て·いる」 to 「～て·る」
iru
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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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
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