Illustration: Deep at night, a convenience-store employee kneels beside an open delivery crate, stocking milk cartons in a refrigerator. Beyond the glass storefront, the neighborhood is dark, apartment windows are unlit, and a moon hangs above the railway embankment.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

夜や勤きん

yakin

night shift

Example sentences

  1. トムは夜勤やきんで働はたらいている。

    Tom works the night shift.

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  2. でも週しゅうに２回かい、夜勤やきんしなくちゃいけないんだ。

    But I have to take night shifts twice a week.

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  3. ほとんど全すべての労働者達ろうどうしゃたちは夜勤やきんに反対はんたいした。

    Almost all the workers objected to working at night.

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Kanji in 夜勤

  • 夜night; eveningOnヤKunよ・よる
  • 勤diligence; become employedOnキン・ゴンKunつとめる・つとまる・いそしむ

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