Translation guide
Expresses that something happens repeatedly every night, often with a sense of monotony or relentlessness.
To say that something happens each night, often over a period of time, emphasizing the repetition.
The most direct and common way to say 'every night' or 'night after night'. It simply states the nightly occurrence without strong emotional nuance.
To stress that something happens every night without fail, often with a negative or weary connotation.
Literally 'like every night', this phrase emphasizes that something happens almost every night, often with a sense of inevitability or annoyance.
毎晩 is the neutral, everyday word for 'every night'. 夜な夜な adds a poetic or habitual nuance, often used in storytelling. 連夜 is formal and implies consecutive nights, common in news reports.
I go jogging every night.
Night after night, she dreamed of her hometown.
彼は毎晩遅くまで働いている。
He works late night after night.
A slightly literary or poetic expression meaning 'night after night'. It carries a nuance of something happening regularly at night, often with a sense of routine or quiet repetition.
She gazes at the stars night after night.
Means 'consecutive nights' or 'night after night'. Often used in news or formal contexts to describe events that occur on successive nights.
The river flooded due to heavy rain night after night.
A somewhat old-fashioned or literary word meaning 'every night' or 'nightly'. It emphasizes the nightly recurrence.
The banquets continued night after night.
He goes out drinking night after night.
Means 'every single night'. It intensifies the repetition, implying that there is no night when it doesn't happen.
Night after night, he is tormented by nightmares.
Literally 'day after day', but can be used in contexts where the focus is on the nightly part of a daily routine. It emphasizes unending repetition.
Day after day, he practiced until late at night.
Night after night, a mysterious sound can be heard.
The search was conducted night after night.
The English phrase 'night after night' is often translated directly as 夜の後に夜, but this is unnatural in Japanese. Use the expressions above instead.
赤ちゃんが夜な夜な泣き続けた。
The baby cried night after night.