夜更け

よふけ

Also written 夜ふけ, 夜深け

Meanings

1. Noun late at night; small hours of the morning

Kanji

• 夜 night. Read as よ.
• 更 renew. Read as ふける.

Example sentences

• 君はあんな夜更けに私に電話をかける必要はなかったのに。
  You need not to have called me up so late at night.
• 我々は夜更けまで語り合った。
  We talked late into the night.
• 我々は夜更けまでその問題について議論した。
  We discussed the problem far into the night.
• こんな夜更けに女の子の一人歩きは危ない。
  It is not safe for a girl to go out by herself so late at night.
• 私達はよく夜更けまで政治について議論したものだ。
  We used to discuss politics far into the night.

Words containing 夜更け

• 夜更けて (よふけて) late at night

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