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Illustration of 夜更け

夜更よふけ

よふけ yofuke Play N1 Noun

Meanings and examples

夜がかなり更けた時間。 late at night

Example 1

我々われわれは夜更よふけまで語かたり合あった。

We talked late into the night.

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Example 2

彼かれはしばしば夜更よふけまで読書どくしょする。

He often reads far into the night.

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Kanji breakdown

夜

N4

night; evening

On reading
ヤ
Kun reading
よ、よる
Radical
夕

更

N3

grow late; night watch; sit up late; of course; renew; renovate; again; more and more; further

On reading
コウ
Kun reading
さら、さら.に、ふ.ける、ふ.かす
Radical
曰
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夜更かし

N1

よふかし

staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk

Illustration of 今更

今更

N1

いまさら

now; at this late hour

Illustration of 夜中

夜中

N1

やちゅう

all night; the whole night

Illustration of 夜具

夜具

N1

やぐ

bedding

Illustration of 尚更

尚更

N1

なおさら

all the more; still less