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this evening; tonight
last night; yesterday evening
late at night
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
evening party
staying up all night
nocturnal luminescence; noctilucence
night; nighttime
night view; night skyline; nightscape
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
dark night
night under the midnight sun; white night (at extreme latitudes); night during which the sun doesn't set
midnight; dead of night
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
evening; night; nighttime
walking around at night; night travel; night train
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
night attack; nocturnal assault
every evening; every night
day and night
that night; tonight
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
counter for nights
night shift
Christmas Eve; holy night
closing party; closing event of a school, etc. festival
first night; first watch of the night; bridal night
bedding; bedclothes
nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about
all-night vigil over a body; wake
perpetual night; continuing all night
all-night vigil over a body; wake
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
encamping at night
after staying up all night
the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
night sky
whole day and night; 24 hours
shades of evening; dead of night
evening dew; night dew
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
night burglar
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
night watch; night sentry
day and night; around the clock
shades of night; night scene
night watchman
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
night warfare
overnight; since last night
night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
every day and every night
sultry night; sweltering night; night in which temperature doesn't fall below 25 degrees C
the other night; a few nights ago
celebration of a child's seventh day
13th day (of the moon); the night of the 13th day of 9th lunar month
nightless gay quarters; nightless city
(being) off night duty; end of a night shift
one's days and nights being reversed
to spend a night together
tomorrow night
night before last
Noctiluca scintillans (luminescent species of dinoflagellate)
late-night show; midnight broadcast
night school; evening school; evening class; night study
overnight bus; night bus
night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm); book of informal essays
New Year's Eve
23rd night of a lunar month (esp. 8th month); moon-waiting party held on 23rd night of a lunar month
fish salted and dried overnight
every evening; night after night
nocturnal bird
the same night; that night
night lighting; nighttime illumination
ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar)
loitering at night (between 11pm and 4am); late-night prowling
night work; night shift
long night; all night
rainy night
short summer night
night rain
last night
around-the-clock; (working) day and night
right of first night; jus primae noctis; droit du seigneur
cold night
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
polar night
starry night; starlight night
(a business) open all night
period from midnight until the early morning; around 4am
late-night broadcasting
night; evening
by day and night; day and night; round the clock
great green turban (Turbo marmoratus)
night-school season
luminous watch; luminous clock
Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)
quiet night
eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring
on the same night
throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations; (lit.) Yelang thinks too highly of itself
late-night television
Twelfth Night; Epiphany Eve
the long night of spiritual darkness
temporary consort; prostitute
moonlit night
name-giving ceremony
women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)
dinner and drinks served after a wake
total (utter) darkness
bed-wetting; enuresis
evening school; night school
owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid
eve of the anniversary of a person's death
clear night
night mooring
cool evening air; cooling oneself outside during the summer
heaven without fighting; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
from morning till night; day and night; always
midnight period; midnight service; (arch.) winter solstice
night duty; night shift
shabu-shabu-like hotpot dish with pork, spinach, etc.
during the night; at night
folk monster who wanders at night injuring and kidnapping people
person turned into a beggar overnight
overnight flight; red-eye flight
two nights before last
built in a night; stopgap; hastily written
decoration hung on the New Year's pine on New Year's eve
midnight express (train, bus)
noctilucent clouds
late-night coffee shop
nocturnal seated Zen meditation (esp. around 8pm); sitting at night
the "ya" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ya, yu, yo)
fourth division of the night (approx. 1am to 3am)
cutworm; army worm
overnight millionaire
sending food to someone's house on the night of a wake
displaying or posting images of appetizing food on social media, television, etc. late at night; (lit.) late-night food terrorism
wake; vigil (that does not last the full night)
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
rice gruel served in temples for ten-night memorial services
continuing day and night
Alnus firma (species of alder)
moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
night jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum); night jasmine; lady of the night; queen of the night
many nights; a thousand nights
first division of the night (approx. 7pm to 9pm)
second division of the night (approx. 9pm to 11pm)
third division of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am)
fifth division of the night (approx. 3am to 5am)