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闇夜の鉄砲やみよのてっぽうNounExpression
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Idiomatic expression

aimless attempt; shot in the dark; crapshoot

闇夜の礫やみよのつぶてNounExpression
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Idiomatic expression

aimless attempt; crapshoot; shot in the dark

アメリカよたかアメリカ夜鷹アメリカヨタカNounUsually kana
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common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

火之夜芸速男神ひのやぎはやおのかみNoun
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Shinto

Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)

飛行夜叉ひぎょうやしゃNoun
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Buddhism

flying yaksha

やしゃぶし夜叉五倍子ヤシャブシNounUsually kana
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Alnus firma (species of alder)

夜食テロやしょくテロNoun
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Internet slang

displaying or posting images of appetizing food on social media, television, etc. late at night; late-night food terrorism

ワルプルギスの夜ワルプルギスのよるNounExpression
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Walpurgis Night

闇夜の灯火やみよのともしびNounExpression
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light in the darkness; guiding beacon of light; godsend

夜警国家やけいこっかNoun
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Politics

night-watchman state; minarchy

夜すがら終夜よすがらAdverb
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Poetical term

all night

深夜営業しんやえいぎょうNoun
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late night opening (businesses, etc.); operating late into the night

長いナイフの夜ながいナイフのよるNoun
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Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Nights of the Long Knives (1975 novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst)

銀河鉄道の夜ぎんがてつどうのよるNoun
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Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa); Milky Way Railroad

水晶の夜すいしょうのよるNounExpressionFreq #202393
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Historical term

Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 1938); Night of Broken Glass

三日夜の餅みかよのもち三日夜の餠Noun
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Historical term

Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony

長いナイフの夜ながいナイフのよるNounExpression
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Historical term

Night of the Long Knives (1934 SA purge in Germany); Röhm Purge

夜直鳥よただどりヨタダドリNounFreq #289687
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Rare term

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

やかいそう夜開草ヤカイソウNounUsually kana
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Rare term

moonflower (Ipomoea alba)

七夜月ななよづきNoun
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Rare term

seventh lunar month

闇夜に鉄砲やみよにてっぽうNounFreq #229065
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Rare term

aimless attempt; shot in the dark

Examples
闇夜に鉄砲じゃあるまいし、そんな場当たり的なやり方でうまくいくとは思えないよ。
That's just a shot in the dark. How do you think you'll succeed by just acting on the spur of the moment like that?
焼け野の雉夜の鶴やけののきぎすよるのつるExpression
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Rare term

parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)

五夜ごやNounFreq #70161
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Archaic

division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods

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the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)

中夜ちゅうやNounFreq #212857
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Buddhism

midnight period; midnight service

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Archaic

winter solstice

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