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夜更け (よふけ) — late at night | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

夜更け

よふけ

noun

Meanings

1late at night
2small hours of the morning

Example sentence

こんな夜更けに女の子の一人歩きは危ない。

It is not safe for a girl to go out by herself so late at night.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

夜Night, Evening8 strokes 更Grow Late, Night Watch, Sit Up Late7 strokes

More words with 夜

夜具やぐ · beddingN1 深夜しんや · late at nightN2 夜間やかん · at nightN2 ～夜～や · counter for nightsN2 徹夜てつや ·

Full entry on Jisho

staying up all night

N3

夜よ · eveningN3

夜中よなか · midnightN3

日夜にちや · day and nightN1

More words with 更

今更いまさら · nowN1 更にさらに · furthermoreN3 変更へんこう · changeN3 更けるふける · to get lateN2 更衣室こういしつ · locker room 更改こうかい · renewal 更迭こうてつ · change (of personnel)更正こうせい · correction

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