N2893/1725

夜や行こう

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するintransitive verbabbreviation

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やこう

Meanings

night travel, walking around at night
night train
nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.

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Example sentences

夜行やこうバスで東京とうきょうから大阪おおさかまで移動いどうした。

I traveled from Tokyo to Osaka by night bus.

夜行やこう列車れっしゃに乗のって、北海道ほっかいどうへ旅行りょこうするのが夢ゆめだった。

It was my dream to travel to Hokkaido by night train.

百鬼ひゃっき夜行やこうとは、妖怪ようかいたちが夜中よなかに行列ぎょうれつをなして歩あるくという伝説でんせつのことだ。

The "hyakki yagyō" refers to the legend of monsters and spirits forming a procession and walking through the night.

費用ひようを抑おさえるために、夜行やこうで移動いどうすることにした。

We decided to travel by night train in order to keep costs down.

かつて広ひろく利用りようされていた夜行やこう列車れっしゃも、近年きんねんでは次々つぎつぎと廃止はいしされつつある。

Night trains, which were once widely used, are being discontinued one after another in recent years.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)