How to say 'Last night' in Japanese | 昨夜

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The Japanese word for Last night is 'Sakuya', written as 昨夜 in Japanese.'Last night' in hiragana is さくや.

word

昨夜

Meaning

Last night

Reading

さくや

sakuya

Kanji

昨Yesterday, Previous 夜Night

Explanation

The Japanese noun '昨夜 (さくや)' refers to 'last night' or 'yesterday night'. It is used to indicate the night of the previous day. This word is commonly used in both formal and informal contexts to refer to events or actions that occurred during the night before the current day. For example: I went to bed late last night「昨夜は遅く寝ました」(さくやはおそくねました). It rained last night「昨夜は雨が降りました」(さくやはあめがふりました). The word '昨夜' is often used in conversation and writing to specify the time frame of past events.

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

4023

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 昨夜

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

昨

Meaning

Yesterday, Previous

kanji

夜

Meaning

Night

Words Related to 昨夜 Through the Kanji 昨

These 5 Words contain the Kanji 昨 as well.

word

一昨年

Meaning

Year before last

word

一昨日

Meaning

Day before yesterday

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昨日

Meaning

Yesterday

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昨晩

Meaning

Last night

word

昨年

Meaning

Last year

Words Related to 昨夜 Through the Kanji 夜

These 11 Words contain the Kanji 夜 as well.

word

夜

Meaning

Night

word

今夜

Meaning

Tonight

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夜中

Meaning

Midnight

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深夜

Meaning

Late night

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夜空

Meaning

Night sky

word

夜明け

Meaning

Dawn

word

月夜

Meaning

Moonlit night

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夜更かし

Meaning

Staying up late

word

真夜中

Meaning

Midnight

word

夜間

Meaning

Night

word

徹夜

Meaning

All nighter

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'Sakuya' means 'Last night' .

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