Meanings
Counter
1. counter for nights
after numbers in the ichi, ni, san counting system
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (88 in total)
the same night; that night
evening; last night; yesterday evening
owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid
this evening; tonight
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
that night; tonight
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
during the night; at night
midnight; dead of night
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
dark night
the "ya" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ya, yu, yo)
walking around at night; night travel; night train
night; nighttime
night chat; tale told at night; book of informal essays
overnight; since last night
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
every evening; every night
New Year's Eve
23rd night of a lunar month (esp. 8th month); moon-waiting party held on 23rd night of a lunar month
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
on the same night
Christmas Eve; holy night
night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
nightless gay quarters; nightless city
the "ya" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ya, yu, yo)
night under the midnight sun; white night (at extreme latitudes); night during which the sun doesn't set
shades of evening; dead of night
cold night
every evening; night after night
ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar)
bed-wetting; enuresis
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
evening party
night view; night skyline; nightscape
evening; night; nighttime
walking around at night; night travel
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
all-night vigil over a body; wake
bedding; bedclothes
evening dew; night dew
night sky
night watch; night sentry
shades of night; night scene
night warfare
the other night; a few nights ago
sultry night; sweltering night; night in which temperature doesn't fall below 25 degrees C
celebration of a child's seventh day
13th day (of the moon); the night of the 13th day of 9th lunar month
tomorrow night
night before last
under cover of night
night school; evening school; evening class; night study
last night
midnight
night work; night shift
short summer night
long night; all night
polar night
starry night; starlight night
period from midnight until the early morning; around 4am
night blindness
Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)
night school
nocturne
quiet night
eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring
eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring
throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations; (lit.) Yelang thinks too highly of itself
Twelfth Night; Epiphany Eve
moonlit night
fourth division of the night (approx. 1am to 3am)
night mooring
nocturnal animal
cool evening air; cooling oneself outside during the summer
from morning till night; day and night; always
midnight period; midnight service; (arch.) winter solstice
folk monster who wanders at night injuring and kidnapping people
night duty; night shift
shabu-shabu-like hotpot dish with pork, spinach, etc.
nocturnal seated Zen meditation (esp. around 8pm); sitting at night
first division of the night (approx. 7pm to 9pm)
many nights; a thousand nights
second division of the night (approx. 9pm to 11pm)
third division of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am)
fifth division of the night (approx. 3am to 5am)