Info on the Kanji 夜 | What's a Kanji? |
| night, evening | |
| onyomi | YA |
| kunyomi | yo, yoru |
| stroke count | 8 |
| grade | 2 |
| jlpt level | N4 |
| Example words with 夜 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 夜よる yoru | evening / night |
| 一夜いちや ichiya | one night / all night / overnight / one evening |
| 雨夜あめよる ame yoru | rainy night |
| 月夜つきよ tsukiyo | moonlit night |
| 五夜ごよる go yoru | division of the night into five 2-hour periods / the fifth of these periods |
| 後夜のちよる nochi yoru | period from midnight until the early morning / around 4 in the morning |
| 今夜こんや konya | this evening / tonight |
| 終夜しゅうや shuuya | all night |
| 十夜じゅうよる juu yoru | ten-night memorial service |
| 小夜さよ sayo | evening |
| 先夜さきよる saki yoru | few nights ago |
| 千夜せんや senya | many nights |
| 前夜ぜんや zenya | last night / the previous night |
| 中夜なかよる naka yoru | midnight period / midnight service / winter solstice |
| 昼夜ちゅうや chuuya | day and night |
| 長夜ちょうよる chou yoru | long night / all night |
| 通夜つや tsuya | all-night vigil over a body / wake |
| 同夜どうや douya | the same night / that night |
| 日夜にちや nichiya | day and night / always |
| 白夜びゃくや byakuya | white night / short night / night under the midnight sun |
| 半夜はんよる han yoru | midnight |
| 百夜ひゃくよる hyaku yoru | many nights / hundred nights |
| 毎夜まいよ maiyo | every evening |
| 明夜めいよる mei yoru | tomorrow night |
| 夜雨よるあめ yoru ame | night rain |
| 夜会やかい yakai | evening party |
| 夜学やがく yagaku | evening course / night-school |
| 夜間やかん yakan | at night / nighttime |
| 夜気やき yaki | night air / stillness of night / cool evening |
| 夜業やぎょう yagyou | night work / night shift |
| 夜空よぞら yozora | night sky |
| 夜行やこう yakou | walking around at night / night train / night travel |
| 夜色よるしょく yoru shoku | shades of night / night scene |
| 夜食やしょく yashoku | supper / night meal / late-night snack / "fourth meal" / midnight snack |
| 夜前よるまえ yoru mae | last night |
| 夜着よるちゃく yoruchaku | night-clothes / heavy kimono-like quilt |
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| Example Sentences with 夜 |
| 彼らは昨夜出発した。 夏休みの間、私は夜中に夕食を食べていた。 今夜教会に行くよ。 私はなぜか夜の方が元気だ。 |
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