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Zach

しばしば私たちは一晩中眠れなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

しばしば 私たち 晩中 眠れなかった

English Translation

As often as not, we lay awake all night.

Furigana

しばしば(わたし)たちは(いち)晩中(ばんちゅう)(ねむ)れなかった。

Romanji

Shibashiba watashitachi wa ichi banchū nemurenakatta.

Words

しばしば (しばしば、シバシバ、しぱしぱ、シパシパ)
(blinking) repeatedly
私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Reading: バン
Meanings: nightfall, night
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: ミン、 ねむ.る、 ねむ.い
Meanings: sleep, die, sleepy