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夜間 (やかん, yakan) Japanese meaning: night | Kotomora
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This shop is open at night as well.
Going out at night is dangerous.
Usage patterns 夜や 間かん に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something during the night
Driving at night reduces visibility.
夜や 間かん の 〈 物もの 〉 a nighttime version of something (e.g. noise, temperature)
Going out at night can sometimes be dangerous.
Related words 夜 is the everyday word for night, while 夜間 is a more formal term used in official notices and compound words like 夜間営業.
夜中 refers specifically to the middle of the night, whereas 夜間 covers the whole nighttime period from evening to dawn.
夜間 is a formal, often official term for nighttime hours (e.g. in schedules or announcements), while 夜中 (やちゅう) is used more generally for 'during the night'.
やかん is a spouted kettle specifically for boiling water for tea, whereas 釜 is a larger, spoutless pot used for cooking rice or heating big quantities of water.
夜間 is a technical or official term for nighttime hours (e.g. 夜間営業), whereas 夜分 is used in polite, apologetic speech about calling or visiting at night.
Opposites 昼間 means daytime, the direct opposite of 夜間's nighttime.
夜間 means 'nighttime', the direct opposite of 日中 in its 'daytime' sense.
Don't confuse with 夜勤 means working the night shift (a job schedule), while 夜間 simply refers to the nighttime period itself; the two share the kanji 夜 but differ in meaning.
やかん is a stovetop kettle used to boil water directly over heat, whereas ポット is a serving pot or insulated flask that holds already-heated liquid.
Etymology Compound of 夜 (night) and 間 (interval, period), literally 'night period'.
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業ぎょう
open at night; nighttime business
night school; evening school
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night lighting; nighttime illumination
night hospital; nighttime medical facility
evening high school; night high school
night landing practice; NLP
