Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. evening; night
Noun
2. dinner
when read as "よる"
Alt. forms
Kanji used
night
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (94 in total)
① 夜の中ほど。
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
① 夜が明ける頃。太陽がのぼる頃。その時分。② 日の出前に太陽の中心が地平線下の7度21分40秒に来た時刻。明け六つ。③ 新しい時代や文化、芸術などの事物が始まろうとする時。
evening
moonlit night
dawn breaks; day dawns
① 夜に吹く風。
① 夜の道。また、そこを歩くこと。
① 夜が更けること。また、その時分。深夜。
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
all night; throughout the night
every evening; every night
in the dark
every evening; night after night
evening calm
night-clothes; heavy kimono-like quilt
nightlife; night amusements
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
① 夜中にこっそり逃げること。
perpetual night; continuing all night
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
night stall; night shop; night fair
dark night; moonless night
① 毎夜、毎晩、夜な夜な。
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
to see well in the dark; to have good night vision
to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
① 夜、寝ずに病人などに付き添うこと。そのようにする人。② 夜、女性が男性の相手をつとめること。③ 通夜。
① 夜間に降りる露。
night watch; night sentry
① 毎夜、毎晩、夜な夜な。
① 夜が更けること。また、その時分。深夜。
night market
short spring night
all night; throughout the night
night work
dawn breaks; day dawns
night watch; night watchman
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
many nights; hundred nights
① 夜の中ほど。
① 夜遅くまで起きて過ごすこと。
walking around at night
grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker; streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period); soba vendors who walk around at night
① 夜のあいだずっと。日没から夜明けまで。
① 晩秋になり、夜の寒さが身に感じられること。また、その季節。(秋の季語)
number of nights
to see well in the dark; to have good night vision
long night (esp. of autumn)
staying up all night; all-night vigil
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
all night; throughout the night
night festival
night festival
all night; the whole night
snowy night
long night; all night
day and night; turning night into day
short summer night
① 朧月の夜。朧夜。おぼろづくよ。② 朧月。
① 夜に吹く強い風。さよあらし。
① 霜の降りる、寒い夜。
night boat
every evening; night after night
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
dark night; moonless night
① 朧月の夜。
eyes of the night; eyes asleep; at night
3 days and 3 nights
① 朧月の夜。
evening moon; moonlit evening; moonlight evening
night fishing with nets
festival-eve vigil; eve of a festival vigil
cannot live even a minute without someone or something; meaning the world to one
hades; realm of the dead; the next world
night shopkeeper; night storekeeper; night-hawker
night work; burglary
all night; the whole night
night watch
night stall; night shop; night fair
long night (esp. of autumn)
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
① 朧月の夜。
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
weather clearing at night
Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony
night trading
Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony
many nights; a thousand nights
Examples (187 in total)
It's eight o'clock at night.
It was Saturday night.
Thank you for the pleasant evening.