夜

night, evening

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ヤ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

よよる

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:8

JLPT:N4

Frequency:487

Vocabulary

ヤ

Word	Reading	Meaning
月夜	ゲツヤ	moonlit night
今夜	コンヤ	this evening; tonight
深夜	シンヤ	late at night
前夜	ゼンヤ	last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
昼夜	チュウヤ	day and night

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
月夜	つきよ	moonlit night
月夜	つくよ	moonlit night
真夜中	まよなか	dead of night; midnight
夜	よる	night; evening; dinner
夜	よ	night; evening; dinner

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