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
Yoru — 夜, night. The sound is Yamato. The kanji 夜 is Korean "ya" — as in 夜間, 夜景. The day in three slices: 朝 (asa, morning), 昼 (hiru, noon), 夜 (yoru, night). Yoru spans from after sunset until dawn — a long stretch.
Quick check
"Tonight" — natural Japanese?