夜 や Meanings Counter counter for nights (after numbers in the ichi, ni, san counting system) Kanji 夜 night. Read as ヤ. Example sentences 焼け野の雉子夜の鶴。A mother's heart is always with her children. Words containing 夜 今夜 (こんや) this evening 昨夜 (さくや) last night 深夜 (しんや) late at night And 195 more. Word lists Counters Spoken Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists