Word details

前夜

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 前夜.

Dictionary

Entry

前夜んやNounAdverbFreq #17315
1

last night; the previous night

Examples
まるで革命前夜のような騒ぎだった。
It looked as if we were on the eve of a revolution.
2

night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

in front, before

9 strokesFrequency 27JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ゼン

Kun

まえ-まえ

Nanori

さきさとまい

night, evening

8 strokesFrequency 487JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

よる

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