► 副詞
一晩中 [ひとばんじゅう] meaning: night rank: 2
☆ 昨日は一晩中眠れなかった ⇨ I couldn’t sleep all night last night (☛ All night long)
夜通し [よどおし] meaning: night rank: 3
☆ 彼等は夜通し酒を飲んだ ⇨ They kept drinking throughout the night
毎夜 [まいよ] [liter] meaning: night rank: 4
☆ 彼は毎夜飲み歩いている ⇨ He is bar-hopping every night (☛ Every night)
夜な夜な [よなよな] meaning: night rank: 4
☆ 彼は夜な夜な飲み歩いている ⇨ He’s barhopping every night (☛ Every night)
► 成句
お休み [おやすみ] [coll] meaning: night rank: 1
☆ お休み！ ⇨ Rest well, good night!
☆ お休みなさい！ ⇨ Rest well, good night! (☛ A formal, more polite/respectful form)
► 名詞
夜 [(1)よる] meaning: night rank: 1
☆ 夜になる前に帰らなきゃ ⇨ I need to go home before it becomes night
☆ 私は夜型だ ⇨ I’m a night person
夜 [(1)よる] [夜遅く] meaning: night rank: 1
☆ 彼は夜遅くまで働いている ⇨ He’s working until late night
昨夜 [(2)さくや] [liter] meaning: night rank: 2
☆ 昨夜高速道路の事故で五人が死亡しました ⇨ Five people died in a highway accident last night (☛ Last night)
深夜 [(1)しんや] [liter] meaning: night rank: 2
☆ 深夜勤務、深夜テレビ番組 ⇨ Midnight shift, midnight TV program (☛ Typically somewhere around 10PM to 3AM)
真夜中 [(2)まよなか] meaning: night rank: 2
☆ 彼が真夜中に電話してきた ⇨ He called me midnight (☛ When most people are asleep)
夜間 [(1)やかん] [liter] meaning: night rank: 2
☆ 道路工事は夜間に行われる ⇨ Road works will be done in the nighttime
夕べ [ゆうべ] meaning: night rank: 2
☆ 夕べはよく眠れなかった ⇨ I wasn’t able to sleep well last night (☛ Last night)
夜 [よ] [liter] meaning: night rank: 2
☆ もう夜が明ける ⇨ The night is over soon
夜中 [よなか] meaning: night rank: 2
☆ こんな夜中に誰が電話してくるんだ？ ⇨ Who’s calling at this time of the night? (☛ In the middle of the night)
☆ 夜中に何度も目が覚めた ⇨ I woke up again and again during the night (☛ In the middle of the night)
一夜 [(2)いちや] [liter] meaning: night rank: 3
☆ 一夜の情事 ⇨ A one night love affair
夜行 [やこう] meaning: night rank: 3
☆ 夜行列車 ⇨ An overnight train
☆ 夜行性の動物 ⇨ Nocturnal animals
夜分 [(1)やぶん] [liter] [polite] meaning: night rank: 3
☆ 夜分遅く御電話して申し訳有りませんが… ⇨ I am so sorry to call you late in the night but …
連夜 [(1)れんや] meaning: night rank: 4
☆ 彼は連夜飲み歩いている ⇨ He is bar-hopping every night (☛ Multiple nights in a row)