夜や行こう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

night travel; walking around at night

General term for traveling or being out at night. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to travel at night'.

• 夜や行こうバスで大おお阪さかから東とう京きょうへ向むかった。

  I headed from Osaka to Tokyo on a night bus.

• この辺あたりは夜や行こうするには危き険けんだ。

  This area is dangerous for walking around at night.

noun

night train

Only with reading やこう

Abbreviation of 夜行列車. Used for trains that operate overnight.

See also: 夜行列車

• 夜や行こうで札さっ幌ぽろまで行いく予よ定ていです。

  I plan to go to Sapporo by night train.

noun

nightly procession of monsters

Only with reading やぎょう

Abbreviation of 百鬼夜行. Refers to a parade of demons, spirits, or monsters at night, often in folklore or metaphorical contexts.

See also: 百鬼夜行

• 百ひゃっ鬼き夜や行ぎょうの絵え巻まきには、様さま々ざまな妖よう怪かいの夜や行ぎょうが描えがかれている。

  In the picture scroll of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, a nightly procession of various monsters is depicted.