Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 夜半(やはん) in Japanese

夜半
Kana Reading
やはん, よわ
Romaji
yahan, yowa
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
    Meaning
    midnight; dead of night
    Example sentence
    彼女は夜半までトイレでうつむいて吐いていた。 She'd spent half the night with her head down the toilet throwing up.

Examples of 夜半, やはん, よわ in a sentence

Kanji in this word

夜 JLPT 4

8 strokes

night, evening

On'Yomi: ヤ

Kun'Yomi: よ, よる

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半 JLPT 5

5 strokes

half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-

On'Yomi: ハン

Kun'Yomi: なか.ば

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