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夜詰め (よづめ, yozume) Japanese meaning: night watch | Kotomora

夜よ詰づめ

Meanings

1

night watch; night guard duty

Refers to the act of keeping watch or being on guard duty at night, or the person performing that duty.

彼かれは今こん夜や、夜よ詰づめの当とう番ばんだ。
He is on night watch duty tonight.
夜よ詰づめの警けい備び員いんが巡じゅん回かいしている。
The night watch security guard is patrolling.

Kanji

夜night, evening
詰packed, close, pressed

Related words

夜や警けい
夜警 is a more formal term for night watch or night patrol, often used in institutional contexts, while 夜詰め can sound more traditional or colloquial.
宿しゅく直ちょく
宿直 refers specifically to staying overnight on duty, often in a workplace or school, whereas 夜詰め emphasizes the act of watching or guarding during the night.

Etymology

Compound of 夜 (yo, 'night') and 詰め (zume, from 詰める tsumeru, 'to be on duty' or 'to stay at a post'). The reading よづめ reflects rendaku voicing of つめ to づめ.