夜更かし

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	更
よ Grade: 2	ふ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
夜更し夜ふかし

Etymology

From 夜(よ) (yo, “night, evening”) + 更(ふ)かし (fukashi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 更(ふ)かす (fukasu, “to stay up late”).).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よふかし [yòfúkáꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) よふかし [yòfúꜜkàshì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [jo̞ɸɯ̟̊ka̠ɕi]

Noun

夜(よ)更(ふ)かし • (yofukashi)

staying up late
夜更(よふ)かしは女性(じょせい)にとって大敵(たいてき)です。
Yofukashi wa josei ni totte taiteki desu.
Staying up late is not good for women.

See also

夜更(よふ)け (yofuke)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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