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夕方 (ゆうがた, yuugata) Japanese meaning: early evening | Kotomora
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I like taking a walk in the early evening.
In the early evening, the sky turned a beautiful orange.
Usage patterns 夕ゆう 方がた になる for evening to come; to become evening
When evening comes, the wind turns cool.
夕ゆう 方がた まで 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something until evening
We played at the park until evening.
夕ゆう 方がた から 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something starting in the evening
It started raining in the evening.
Kanji 方 direction, person, alternative Related words· 9 夕暮れ is a more poetic, literary word evoking the fading light of dusk, while 夕方 is the plain, everyday term for early evening.
晩 covers evening and night more broadly and later in the day, while 夕方 specifically points to the earlier dusk period.
夕刻 is a stiffer, more formal word for evening used in news reports and writing, while 夕方 is the everyday spoken term.
宵 is an old-fashioned, literary word for early night just after dusk, while 夕方 is the neutral modern term for early evening.
Show 5 more 夕方 is the plain, everyday word for evening, while 夕 is a more literary or formal term often used in set phrases and poetic writing.
夕方 is the everyday Japanese word for the time from late afternoon to early night, while イブニング is a loanword mainly used in fashion or formal compounds like イブニングドレス.
夕方 is the everyday, neutral word for 'evening', while 夕べ is a more literary or poetic term for the same time of day.
夕方 refers specifically to the late-afternoon/early-evening period before full darkness, while 夜 covers the night period that follows.
Opposites 朝 refers to the morning, the opposite end of the day from 夕方, which refers to early evening.
朝方 refers to the early morning, while 夕方 refers to the evening—opposite ends of the day.
Don't confuse with 夕べ can mean either 'yesterday evening' or a poetic word for evening, so it is easily confused with the plain time-of-day word 夕方.
明け方 shares the same 〜方 pattern as 夕方 but refers to dawn, the opposite time of day.
Written forms 夕ゆう 方がた Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
夕ゆう がた Usage <1%
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but attested.
Etymology Compound of 夕 (yū, 'evening') and 方 (kata, 'direction' or 'time'), literally 'evening time'. The reading ゆうがた is a standard kun'yomi combination.
夕方 is the everyday, plain word for 'evening/early evening', while 夕暮れ時 carries a more poetic, nostalgic nuance tied to the sunset itself.
