夜や勤きん

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Meanings

Refers to working during the night, especially in jobs with rotating shifts. Often contrasted with 日勤 (day shift).

〈人ひと〉が夜や勤きんをするfor someone to work the night shift
彼かれは今こん週しゅう、病びょう院いんで夜や勤きんをしている。
He's working the night shift at the hospital this week.
夜や勤きんに入はいるto start/go on night duty
今こん夜やから夜や勤きんに入はいります。
I'm going on night duty starting tonight.
夜や勤きんがあるto have a night shift scheduled
今日きょうは夜や勤きんがあるので、早はやめに休やすみます。
I have a night shift today, so I'll rest early.
夜や勤きんを交こう代たいするto swap night shifts with someone
同どう僚りょうと夜や勤きんを交こう代たいしてもらった。
I had a coworker swap night shifts with me.

夜や業ぎょう
夜業 is an older, more formal term for working at night (often used in labor-law contexts), while 夜勤 is the common word for a scheduled night shift.
当とう直ちょく
夜勤 refers to a scheduled night-shift work period, while 当直 emphasizes being on standby or on duty (often for emergencies), which may or may not be at night.

日にっ勤きん
夜勤 refers to working the night shift, while 日勤 refers to working the day shift; the two are typically contrasted in shift-work schedules.

残ざん業ぎょうN4
夜勤 is a regularly scheduled shift that happens to fall at night, while 残業 is extra work done beyond one's normal hours, regardless of time of day.
夜や間かんN3
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.

Compound of 夜 (night) and 勤 (duty/service). The reading is on'yomi.