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Anyhow, just why is it that I have to be sent out in the middle of the night to buy a canned drink?
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Vocabulary list

daitai
noun
  1. outline; main points; gist; substance; essence
adverb
  1. generally; on the whole; mostly; almost; nearly; approximately; roughly; about
no adjective
  1. general; rough
adverb
  1. in the first place; first and foremost; from the start; to begin with
nande
adverb
  1. why?; what for?
  2. how?; by what means?
konna
pre-noun adjectival
  1. this sort of; this kind of; like this; such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker)
mayonaka
noun, adverb
  1. dead of night; midnight
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
juusu
noun
  1. juice
  2. soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
kau
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to buy; to purchase (in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.)
  2. to value; to have a high opinion
  3. to stir; to provoke; to draw upon oneself
tameni
conjunction
  1. for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
  2. because of; as a result of
tame
noun, adverb
  1. good; advantage; benefit; welfare
  2. sake; purpose; objective; aim
  3. consequence; result; effect
  4. affecting; regarding; concerning
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
ra
suffix
  1. pluralizing suffix
  2. or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.
  3. nominalizing suffix (after the stem of an adjective)

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