Illustration: Along a quiet Japanese residential lane, daylight has faded and the first stars show above tiled roofs. House windows glow, a streetlamp is on, and a commuter is arriving at a familiar front gate with a work bag.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

晩ばん

ban

evening, night

Example sentences

  1. その晩ばんはとても寒さむかった。

    It was very cold that evening.

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  2. その晩ばんは月つきが出でていた。

    There was a moon that night.

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  3. 彼かれは朝あさから晩ばんまで働はたらいた。

    He worked from morning till night.

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Kanji in 晩

  • 晩nightfall; nightOnバン

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