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夜 : Night

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Components:

night, evening

On 'yomi:
(ya)
Kun 'yomi:
(yo) よる(yoru)
Strokes:8
Radical: (36)
Usage Rating:487
JLPT:N4
old JLPT:3
Grade:2
Unicode:0591c
jis208:44-75
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夜 Usage examples

熱帯(ねったいや)sultry night, sweltering night
(たんや)
短か(たんや)
short summer night
の帳(よるのとばり)veil of darkness
(いくよも)for several nights
(しんやぞく)the night owls
を分かたず(ちゅうやをわかたず)by day and night, day and night, round the clock
(ももよ)many nights, hundred nights
に鉄砲(やみよにてっぽう)aimless attempt, shot in the dark
運転(しゅうやうんてん)all-night service
放送(しんやほうそう)late-night (all-night) broadcasting
行性(やこうせい)nocturnality, nocturnal habits
八十八(はちじゅうはちや)eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring
間着陸訓練(やかんちゃくりくくんれん)night landing practice, NLP
見の尊(つくよみのみこと)Moon God, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto, brother of Amaterasu
遅く(よるおそく)late at night, at a late hour
(みょうや)tomorrow night
目遠目(よめとおめ)seen in the dark or at a distance, (a woman) looking prettier when seen in the dark or at a distance
が明ける(よがあける)
があける(よがあける)
dawn breaks, day dawns
大尽(いちやだいじん)overnight millionaire
時雨(さよしぐれ)light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter
如法暗(にょほうあんや)total (utter) darkness
日毎(ひごとよごと)every day and every night, day after day, daily
無明長(むみょうじょうや)the long night of spiritual darkness
の烏(やみよのからす)something indistinct, a crow in a pitch-black night
に烏(やみよにからす)something indistinct, a crow in a pitch-black night
糞峰榛(ヨグソミネバリ)Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)
のしじま(よるのしじま)
の静寂(よるのしじま)
stillness of night
(こうやさい)an event held on the night after the last day of some festival (school festival) often bonfire & dancing
を明かす(よをあかす)to intentionally pass the night without sleeping until morning
水晶の(すいしょうのよる)Kristallnacht (night of concerted violence against Jews in Germany and Austria from November 9-10, 1938)
(よるがた)nocturnal (person)
も日も明けない(よもひもあけない)cannot live even a minute without someone or something, meaning the world to one
の目も寝ず(よのめもねず)sitting up all night, staying up all night
半通(はんつや)wake, vigil (that does not last the full night)
振る舞い(つやぶるまい)
ぶるまい(つやぶるまい)
dinner and drinks served after a wake
を日に継いで(よをひについで)
を日についで(よをひについで)
day and night, turning night into day
間高校(やかんこうこう)evening high school
(やちょく)night duty, night shift
行列車(やこうれっしゃ)night train
(ごや)the fifth of these periods (approx. 3 am to 5 am)
(へいや)third division of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am)
(ていや)fourth division of the night (approx. 1 am to 3 am)
(ぼや)fifth division of the night (approx. 3 am to 5 am)
の鉄砲(やみよのてっぽう)aimless attempt, shot in the dark
の礫(やみよのつぶて)aimless attempt, shot in the dark
焼け野の雉の鶴(やけののきぎすよるのつる)parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)