How to say 'Last night' in Japanese | 昨晩

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The Japanese word for Last night is 'Sakuban', written as 昨晩 in Japanese.'Last night' in hiragana is さくばん.

word

昨晩

Meaning

Last night

Reading

さくばん

sakuban

Kanji

昨Yesterday, Previous 晩Evening, Nightfall

Explanation

The Japanese noun '昨晩 (さくばん)' means 'last night'. It is used to refer to the night before the current day. This word is commonly used in both formal and informal contexts to talk about events or actions that occurred the previous night. For example: I met him last night「昨晩彼に会いました」(さくばんかれにあいました). Did you sleep well last night?「昨晩はよく眠れましたか？」(さくばんはよくねむれましたか？). Note that '昨晩' is a specific time reference and is often used in past-tense sentences.

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

2456

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 昨晩

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

昨

Meaning

Yesterday, Previous

kanji

晩

Meaning

Evening, Nightfall

Words Related to 昨晩 Through the Kanji 昨

These 5 Words contain the Kanji 昨 as well.

word

一昨年

Meaning

Year before last

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一昨日

Meaning

Day before yesterday

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昨日

Meaning

Yesterday

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昨夜

Meaning

Last night

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昨年

Meaning

Last year

Words Related to 昨晩 Through the Kanji 晩

These 4 Words contain the Kanji 晩 as well.

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今晩

Meaning

Tonight

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毎晩

Meaning

Every night

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晩

Meaning

Evening

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晩年

Meaning

Later years

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'Sakuban' means 'Last night' .

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