Meaning of 夜半(やはん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 夜半

Kana Reading やはん, よわ

Romaji yahan, yowa

Parts of speech

adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)

Meaning

midnight; dead of night

Examples of 夜半, やはん, よわ in a 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.
我々はしゃべりづめで夜半まで起きていた。

We sat up half the night just talking.

Related Kanji

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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