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夜更け

夜深け、 夜ふけ

Reading

Kana: よふけ
Romaji: yofuke
Kana
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Definition

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late at night

Kanji

Readings: ヤ、 よ、 よる
Meanings: night, evening
Readings: コウ、 さら、 さら.に、 ふ.ける、 ふ.かす
Meanings: grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further
Readings: シン、 ふか.い、 -ぶか.い、 ふか.まる、 ふか.める、 み-
Meanings: deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen

Example Sentences

我々(われわれ)夜更(よふ)けまで(かたあ)()った。
➥We talked late into the night.
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こんな夜更(よふ)けに(おんな)()(いち)(にん)(ある)きは(あぶ)ない。
➥It is not safe for a girl to go out by herself so late at night.
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私達(わたしたち)はよく夜更(よふ)けまで政治(せいじ)について議論(ぎろん)したものだ。
➥We used to discuss politics far into the night.
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(かれ)はしばしば夜更(よふ)けまで読書(どくしょ)する。
➥He often reads far into the night.
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我々(われわれ)夜更(よふ)けまでその問題(もんだい)について議論(ぎろん)した。
➥We discussed the problem far into the night.
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(きみ)はあんな夜更(よふ)けに(わたし)電話(でんわ)をかける必要(ひつよう)はなかったのに。
➥You need not to have called me up so late at night.
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