ジョンは夜の１２時より前に床についたことはほとんどない。
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English Translation
John has hardly ever gone to bed before midnight.
Furigana
ジョンは夜 の１２時 より前 に床 についたことはほとんどない。
Romanji
Jon wa yoru no ichi ni ji yori mae ni yuka ni tsuita koto wa hotondo nai.
Words
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
夜
(よる、よ)
evening; night
の
(の)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
一
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
二
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
時
(じ)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
より
(より)
than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more
前
(まえ)
ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts
に
(に)
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
床
(とこ)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat; floor
注ぐ
(つぐ)
(usu. written as kana when referring to a solid) to pour (into a vessel); to fill; to dish out food or drink
事
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
殆ど
(ほとんど)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost
ない
(ない)
not; emphatic suffix