Word details

一夜漬け

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 一夜漬け.

Dictionary

Entry

一夜漬け一夜漬ちやづけNounFreq #43051
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

last-minute cramming; overnight cramming

Examples
来週から中間テストだ。一夜漬けじゃ、太刀打ちできない問題ばかりだぞ。今日から始めろよ。
Midterm exams start next week. Just cramming the night before won't get you ready. There'll be a lot of tough questions. You should start studying today.
2

Original meaning

(vegetables) pickled just overnight

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

one, one radical (no.1)

1 strokesFrequency 2JLPT N4Grade 1

On

イチイツ

Kun

ひと-ひと.つ

Nanori

かずいっいるかつかづてんはじめひとつまこと

night, evening

8 strokesFrequency 487JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

よる

pickling, soak, moisten, steep

14 strokesFrequency 1,818JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

つ.けるつ.かる-づ.け-づけ

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