Usage patterns 深しん 夜や に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something late at night
I got a phone call late at night.
深しん 夜や まで 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something until late at night
I was studying until late at night.
深しん 夜や の 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 a place or scene associated with the late-night hours
The convenience store is always quiet late at night.
Kanji 深 deep, heighten, intensify Related words· 6 夜中 is a general term for the middle of the night, while 深夜 more specifically evokes the quiet, late hours after midnight.
真夜中 points to the exact moment of midnight, whereas 深夜 covers the broader stretch of late-night hours until dawn.
深夜 is a formal or technical term for late night, often used in schedules and news, while 夜更け has a more poetic, literary feel.
深夜 is the common formal term for late night hours (e.g. in TV schedules or news), whereas ミッドナイト is a trendier, more casual loanword.
Show 2 more Show fewer 深夜 specifically points to the late-night hours (after midnight), whereas 夜中 (やちゅう ) refers to the nighttime period more broadly.
深夜 describes the late-night period in general, while 零時 names the exact instant of midnight.
Opposites 日中 refers to the daytime hours, the direct opposite of 深夜 , which refers to the late-night hours after midnight.
深夜 means the dead of night (late at night), the opposite end of the day from 早朝 's early morning.
Word family· 12 late-night TV program; midnight broadcast
overnight transportation service; late-night departure; red-eye flight
late-night time slot
night owls; people who stay up late
night work; late-night work
Show 5 more Show fewer late-night coffee shop
late-night business; operating late into the night
loitering at night; late-night prowling
midnight express; late-night express
late-night broadcast; late-night programming
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Etymology Compound of 深 (しん , 'deep') and 夜 (や , 'night'). The reading しん is the on'yomi of 深 , and や is the on'yomi of 夜 .
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