夕方

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夕	方
ゆう Grade: 1	かた > がた Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆうがた [yùúgátá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːɡa̠ta̠]

Noun

夕(ゆう)方(がた) • (yūgata) ^{←ゆふがた (yufugata)^?} (alternative reading hiragana ゆうかた, rōmaji yūkata, historical hiragana ゆふかた)

early evening

Synonyms

(Kagoshima) あこくろもと (akokuromoto)
(Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Okinawa) あこーくる (akōkuru)

Antonyms

朝方(あさがた) (asagata, “morning”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN