Meaning of 深夜 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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深夜JLPT 2
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Kana Readingしんや
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Romajishin'ya
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
- Meaning
- late at night
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Example Sentences
深夜, しんや used in context
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He was deceived by the late night television shopping network and paid high prices.
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He was spirited away by four police officers in the middle of the night.
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長期にわたる深夜勤務がたたって彼は健康をひどく害してしまった。
Working so long on the graveyard shift made his health suffer badly.
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Did you see the cowboy film on TV last night?
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The only flight available is a red eye flight next week.
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I used to listen to the radio very late at night.
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Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
On: シン
Kun: ふか.い, -ぶか.い, ふか.まる, ふか.める, み-
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