Word details

夜半

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

Dictionary

Entry

夜半はんNounFreq #18810
1

middle of the night; dead of night

Examples
我々はしゃべりづめで夜半まで起きていた。
We sat up half the night just talking.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

night, evening

8 strokesFrequency 487JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

よる

half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-

5 strokesFrequency 224JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ハン

Kun

なか.ば

Nanori

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