夜
よる
hepburn yoru
night
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 夜遅くまで勉強しました。I studied until late at night.
- 夜の景色がきれいです。The night view is beautiful.
Collocations
夜遅く (yoru osoku, late at night)夜の景色 (yoru no keshiki, night view)今夜 (konya, tonight)夜ご飯 (yoru gohan, dinner)一晩 (hitoban, one night)
Mnemonic
夜 yoru — night. The third of the 朝·昼·夜 time triad. Onyomi よ (yo) in 今夜 konya (tonight), 夜中 yonaka (middle of the night). Distinct from 晩 ban (batch 1): yoru spans the whole dark period (evening through dawn); ban is specifically evening (just after sunset).
Quick check
"Tonight" — natural Japanese?