夜通し

よどおし

Also written 夜どおし

Meanings

1. Adverb, Noun all night; throughout the night

Kanji

• 夜 night. Read as よ.
• 通 pass through. Read as とおし.

Example sentences

• 雨は夜通し降り続いた。
  The rain lasted through the night.
• ひどい交通騒音のため、私は夜通し眠れなかった。
  The noise of the heavy traffic kept me awake all night.
• トムは夜通ししゃべり続けた。
  Tom kept talking all night.
• 私はしばしば夜通し目をさましたまま寝ていた。
  More often than not I lay awake all night.
• 弟はよく夜通し起きて小説を読んでいたものだ。
  My brother would often stay up all night reading novels.

Word lists

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