Kanji1 / 8
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
- —深夜喫茶late-night coffee shop
- —深夜番組late-night show; midnight broadcast
- —夜行バスovernight bus; night bus
- —二十三夜23rd night of a lunar month (esp. 8th month); moon-waiting party held on 23rd night of a lunar month
- —一夜飾りdecoration hung on the New Year's pine on New Year's eve
- —深夜徘徊loitering at night; late-night prowling
- —夜間学校evening school; night school
- —夜間照明night lighting; nighttime illumination
- —夜間病院night hospital
- —夜勤明け(being) off night duty; end of a night shift
- —深夜急行midnight express (train, bus)
- —徹夜明けafter staying up all night
- —夜食テロdisplaying or posting images of appetizing food on social media, television, etc. late at night; late-night food terrorism
- —夜警国家night-watchman state; minarchy
- —深夜営業late night opening (businesses, etc.); operating late into the night
- —夜分遅くlate at night; at a late hour
- —金色夜叉The Golden Demon (1897 novel by Ozaki Kōyō); Konjiki Yasha
- —武功夜話Bukouyawa (chronicle covering the Warring States to Momoyama periods, probably bogus)
- —暗夜行路A Dark Night's Passing (novel by Shiga Naoya)
- —超熱帯夜super tropical night; night in which temperature doesn't fall below 30 degrees C