Kanji

夜

夜

night, evening

Kanji

Grade

Grade 2

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

夕部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ヤ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

よ, よる

Nanori (Name Reading)

やす, よ, よる

Common Readings

ヤ, よ, よる

Example sentences

夜 よる
夜 は 静かに 本 を 読む の が 好き だ 。

I like reading books quietly at night.

まで まで
夜 まで 働く

I work until night.

今夜 こんや
今夜 は 星 が とても 綺麗 だ 。

The stars are very beautiful tonight.

月 つき
今夜 は 月 が とても 綺麗 です ね 。

The moon is very beautiful tonight.

昨夜 ゆうべ
昨夜 は 遅く まで 勉強 していた 。

I was studying until late last night.

激しい はげしい
昨夜 は 激しい 雨 が 降った 。

It rained heavily last night.

夜中 よなか
夜中 まで 勉強 していた ので 、 今日 は とても 眠い 。

I studied until the middle of the night, so I am very sleepy today.

起こる おこる
夜中 に 大きな 地震 が 起こった 。

A large earthquake occurred in the middle of the night.

深夜 しんや
深夜 まで 起きて 勉強 する 。

I stay up until late at night to study.

不審 ふしん
深夜 に 近所 を 歩き回る 不審な 男 が 目撃 された 。

A suspicious man was witnessed walking around the neighborhood late at night.

Example Vocabulary

夜

よる

night

今夜

こんや

tonight; this evening

昨夜

ゆうべ

last night; yesterday evening

夜中

よなか

middle of the night; late at night

深夜

しんや

late at night; midnight; deep of night

夜空

よぞら

night sky

一夜

いちや

one night; a night; overnight

徹夜

てつや

staying up all night

夜明け

よあけ

dawn; daybreak; the beginning of a new era

夜会

やかい

evening party; ball; banquet

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