Illustration: In a Japanese apartment kitchen, an adult quietly eats a small bowl of noodles beneath a single task light. An unnumbered analog clock has its minute hand at the top and its hour hand at two.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

深しん夜や

shin'ya

late at night

Example sentences

  1. 深夜しんや2時じに寝ねたんだって？今日眠きょうねむそうなのも当然とうぜんだね。

    You went to bed at 2 o’clock in the morning? No wonder you look sleepy today.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしはよく深夜しんやにラジオを聞きいたものだ。

    I used to listen to the radio very late at night.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは四人よんにんの警官けいかんによって深夜しんや拉致らちされた。

    He was spirited away by four police officers in the middle of the night.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 深夜

  • 深deep; heightenOnシンKunふかい・ふかまる・ふかめる
  • 夜night; eveningOnヤKunよ・よる

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