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夜 : Night

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亠亻夕

night, evening

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

熱帯夜(ねったいや)sultry night, sweltering night
短夜(たんや)
短か夜(たんや)
short summer night
夜の帳(よるのとばり)veil of darkness
幾夜も(いくよも)for several nights
深夜族(しんやぞく)the night owls
昼夜を分かたず(ちゅうやをわかたず)by day and night, day and night, round the clock
百夜(ももよ)many nights, hundred nights
闇夜に鉄砲(やみよにてっぽう)aimless attempt, shot in the dark
終夜運転(しゅうやうんてん)all-night service
深夜放送(しんやほうそう)late-night (all-night) broadcasting
夜行性(やこうせい)nocturnality, nocturnal habits
八十八夜(はちじゅうはちや)eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring
夜間着陸訓練(やかんちゃくりくくんれん)night landing practice, NLP
月夜見の尊(つくよみのみこと)Moon God, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto, brother of Amaterasu
夜遅く(よるおそく)late at night, at a late hour
明夜(みょうや)tomorrow night
夜目遠目(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
夜が明ける(よがあける)
夜があける(よがあける)
dawn breaks, day dawns
一夜大尽(いちやだいじん)overnight millionaire
小夜時雨(さよしぐれ)light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter
如法暗夜(にょほうあんや)total (utter) darkness
日毎夜毎(ひごとよごと)every day and every night, day after day, daily
無明長夜(むみょうじょうや)the long night of spiritual darkness
闇夜の烏(やみよのからす)something indistinct, a crow in a pitch-black night
闇夜に烏(やみよにからす)something indistinct, a crow in a pitch-black night
夜糞峰榛(ヨグソミネバリ)Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)
夜のしじま(よるのしじま)
夜の静寂(よるのしじま)
stillness of night
後夜祭(こうやさい)an event held on the night after the last day of some festival (school festival) often bonfire & dancing
夜を明かす(よをあかす)to intentionally pass the night without sleeping until morning
水晶の夜(すいしょうのよる)Kristallnacht (night of concerted violence against Jews in Germany and Austria from November 9-10, 1938)
夜型(よるがた)nocturnal (person)
夜も日も明けない(よもひもあけない)cannot live even a minute without someone or something, meaning the world to one
夜の目も寝ず(よのめもねず)sitting up all night, staying up all night
半通夜(はんつや)wake, vigil (that does not last the full night)
通夜振る舞い(つやぶるまい)
通夜ぶるまい(つやぶるまい)
dinner and drinks served after a wake
夜を日に継いで(よをひについで)
夜を日についで(よをひについで)
day and night, turning night into day
夜間高校(やかんこうこう)evening high school
夜直(やちょく)night duty, night shift
夜行列車(やこうれっしゃ)night train
五夜(ごや)the fifth of these periods (approx. 3 am to 5 am)
丙夜(へいや)third division of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am)
丁夜(ていや)fourth division of the night (approx. 1 am to 3 am)
戊夜(ぼや)fifth division of the night (approx. 3 am to 5 am)
闇夜の鉄砲(やみよのてっぽう)aimless attempt, shot in the dark
闇夜の礫(やみよのつぶて)aimless attempt, shot in the dark
焼け野の雉夜の鶴(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)