聖夜
Japanese
Kanji in this term
聖
夜
せい
Grade: 6
や
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Etymology
From
聖
(
せい
)
(
sei
,
“
saint
;
holy
”
)
+
夜
(
や
)
(
ya
,
“
night
”
)
.
Pronunciation
(
Tokyo
)
せ
ーや
[séꜜèyà]
(
Atamadaka
– [1])
[
1
]
IPA
(key)
:
[se̞ːja̠]
Proper noun
聖
(
せい
)
夜
(
や
)
• (
Seiya
)
←
せいや
(
Seiya
)
?
Christmas Eve
Synonyms
クリスマスイブ
(
Kurisumasu Ibu
)
Derived terms
性夜
(
せいや
)
(
Seiya
)
References
^
Matsumura, Akira
, editor (
2006
),
大辞林
[
Daijirin
] (in Japanese), Third edition,
Tokyo
:
Sanseidō
,
→ISBN