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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
- N4今夜Popularthis evening; tonight
- N3徹夜Popularstaying up all night
- N2深夜Popularlate at night
- N2夜間Popularnight; nighttime
- N1日夜Popularday and night; around the clock; always; constantly
- N1夜具Popularbedding; bedclothes
- N1夜行Popularnight travel; walking around at night; night train; nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.
- N1夜中during the night; at night
- N1夜行the "ya" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ya, yu, yo)
- —前夜Popularlast night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
- —昼夜Popularday and night
- —通夜Popularall-night vigil over a body; wake
- —同夜Popularthe same night; that night
- —夜学Popularnight school; evening school; evening class; night study
- —夜勤Popularnight duty; night shift; night work
- —夜景Popularnight view; night skyline; nightscape
- —一夜Popularone night; all night; overnight; one evening
- —昨夜Popularlast night; yesterday evening
- —前夜祭Popularevent held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
- —夜counter for nights