JLPT N2 · Noun / adverb

深夜 (shinya)

深夜 (しんや, shinya) is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “late at night”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しんや
Romaji: shinya
Word class: Noun / adverb
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

late at night · noun, adverb

Example sentences

深夜テレビでカウボーイの映画を見ましたか。

Did you see the cowboy film on TV last night?

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 深夜

深

deep, heighten, intensifyシン・ふか.い・-ぶか.い · 11 strokes

夜

night, eveningヤ・よ・よる · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 深夜.

深いふかいdeep (hole, forest, snow, etc.)深刻しんこくserious深まるふかまるto deepen深めるふかめるto deepen情深いなさけぶかいtender-hearted欲深いよくふかいgreedy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夜間やかんnight

Source: JMdict entry 1362810 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.