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宵 — JLPT N1 Kanji — Detail

Onyomi: ショウ  ·  Kunyomi: よい  ·  Meanings: early night, evening, wee hours

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Unicode: 5BB5 Strokes: 10
JLPT N1
Meanings
early night, evening, wee hours
Onyomi
ショウ
Kunyomi
よい
Name Readings
JLPT
N1
Grade
8
Frequency
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Vocabulary Examples

Word Reading Meaning Meta
よい evening, early night hours Noun
宵っぱり よいっぱり night owl, nighthawk, late bird Noun
宵の明星 よいのみょうじょう evening star, Vesper, Hesperus, Venus in the evening sky Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun
宵闇 よいやみ dusk, twilight Noun
宵の口 よいのくち nightfall, early evening Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun
宵待草 よいまちぐさ evening primrose Noun
宵月 よいづき evening moon, moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month) Noun
宵祭り よいまつり small festival held the night before the main festival, eve of a festival Noun
夜宮 よみや festival-eve vigil, eve of a festival vigil Noun
宵山 よいやま small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival) Noun
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