夜

Meaning

夜 centers on the dark part of the day: night and evening, when the sun is gone and the world is quiet.

• 夜よる
  N5

  night; evening

• 深夜しんや
  N3

  late at night

• 今夜こんや
  N4

  this evening; tonight

• 夜中よなか
  N3

  middle of the night; dead of night

• 夜間やかん
  N3

  night; nighttime

• 昨夜ゆうべ
  N1

  last night; yesterday evening

• 昨夜さくや
  N1

  last night; yesterday evening

• 一夜いちや

  one night; all night; overnight; one evening

• 夜明けよあけ
  N3

  dawn; daybreak

• 夜勤やきん

  night duty; night shift; night work

• 真夜中まよなか
  N3

  dead of night; midnight

• 徹夜てつや
  N3

  staying up all night

• 夜行やこう
  N2

  night travel; walking around at night

• 昼夜ちゅうや
  N1

  day and night

• 夜景やけい
  N1

  night view; night skyline; nightscape

• 前夜ぜんや
  N1

  last night; the previous night

• 夜空よぞら
  N1

  night sky

• 月夜つきよ
  N1

  moonlit night

• 前夜祭ぜんやさい

  event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)

• 通夜つや
  N1

  all-night vigil over a body; wake

• 日夜にちや
  N1

  day and night; around the clock; always; constantly

• 夜更かしよふかし
  N2

  staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours

• 夜更けよふけ
  N1

  late at night; small hours of the morning

• 夜学やがく
  N1

  night school; evening school; evening class

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