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夜 kanji
night, evening
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ヤ
Kun readings
よよる
Words with 夜
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —夜曲nocturne
- —夜警night watchman
- —夜光nocturnal luminescence; noctilucence
- —夜叉yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
- —夜襲night attack; nocturnal assault
- —夜色shades of night; night scene
- —夜食supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
- —夜戦night warfare
- —夜前last night
- —夜鳥nocturnal bird
- —夜盗night burglar
- —夜泊night mooring
- —夜分evening; night; nighttime
- —夜来overnight; since last night
- —乙夜second division of the night (approx. 9pm to 11pm)
- —夜半middle of the night; dead of night
- —夜番night watch; night sentry
- —夜話night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm); book of informal essays
- —暮夜night; evening
- —逮夜eve of the anniversary of a person's death