Illustration: In a small apartment, a young adult sits on the floor assembling a miniature railway, carefully positioning one final tree while suppressing a huge yawn. An analog clock with plain hour marks shows half past two, and the window is dark.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

夜よ更ふかし

yofukashi

staying up late

Example sentences

  1. そんなに夜よふかしをするべきではない。

    You ought not to sit up so late.

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  2. 夜更よふかしをする。

    We keep late hours.

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  3. 彼かれは夜更よふかしした。

    He sat up late at night.

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Kanji in 夜更

  • 夜night; eveningOnヤKunよ・よる
  • 更grow late; night watchOnコウKunさら・さらに・ふける

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