I Love Kanji夜更し (yofukashi)
夜更し (よふかし, yofukashi) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “staying up late; sitting up late at night”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- よふかし
- Romaji
- yofukashi
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours · noun, suru verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 夜更し
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 夜更しする | よふかしする yofukashisuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 夜更しします | よふかしします yofukashishimasu |
| Negative | 夜更ししない | よふかししない yofukashishinai |
| Polite negative | 夜更ししません | よふかししません yofukashishimasen |
| Past | 夜更しした | よふかしした yofukashishita |
| Polite past | 夜更ししました | よふかししました yofukashishimashita |
| Negative past | 夜更ししなかった | よふかししなかった yofukashishinakatta |
| Te-form | 夜更しして | よふかしして yofukashishite |
| Potential | 夜更しできる | よふかしできる yofukashidekiru |
| Passive | 夜更しされる | よふかしされる yofukashisareru |
| Causative | 夜更しさせる | よふかしさせる yofukashisaseru |
| Volitional | 夜更ししよう | よふかししよう yofukashishiyou |
| Imperative | 夜更ししろ | よふかししろ yofukashishiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 夜更しすれば | よふかしすれば yofukashisureba |
Kanji in 夜更し
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 夜更し.
夜よるnight昨夜ゆうべlast night今夜こんやthis evening夜よnight夜中よなかmiddle of the night徹夜てつやstaying up all night夜明けよあけdawn深夜しんやlate at night夜間やかんnight夜行やこうnight travel夜やcounter for nights日夜にちやday and night夜具やぐbedding夜更けよふけlate at night
Source: JMdict entry 1606000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.