夜

sending food to someone's house on the night of a wake

Idiomatic expression

aimless attempt; shot in the dark; crapshoot

Idiomatic expression

aimless attempt; crapshoot; shot in the dark

one night; all night

Buddhism

rice gruel served in temples for ten-night memorial services

wake

light in the darkness; guiding beacon of light; godsend

overnight transportation (train service, flight, etc.); late-night departure; red-eye flight

late night opening (businesses, etc.); operating late into the night

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Inuyasha (manga series)

wake; vigil (that does not last the full night)

Shinto

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

Buddhism

flying yaksha

moonlit evening

common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Silent Night (Japanese version of the song)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

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

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

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

Walpurgis Night

whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus); whippoorwill

Historical term

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

Historical term

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

Historical term

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

fifth division of the night (approx. 3am to 5am)