夜よ更ふかし

よふかし yofukashi

staying up late
keeping late hours
sitting up late at night
nighthawk

nounする verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

熬夜

Examples

Furigana

そんなに夜ふかしをするべきではない。
You ought not to sit up so late.
你不应该熬得那么晚。
Tatoeba #204226
彼かれは夜よ更ふかしをするようになった。
He fell into the habit of keeping late hours.
他开始经常熬夜。
Tatoeba #99464

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('52b17bca55'); // 夜更かし

{
  "id": "52b17bca55",
  "word": "夜更かし",
  "reading": "よふかし",
  "romaji": "yofukashi",
  "meanings": [
    "staying up late",
    "keeping late hours",
    "sitting up late at night",
    "nighthawk"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1606000,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "そんなに夜ふかしをするべきではない。",
      "en": "You ought not to sit up so late.",
      "tatoeba_id": 204226
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は夜更かしをするようになった。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{夜更|よふ}かしをするようになった。",
      "en": "He fell into the habit of keeping late hours.",
      "tatoeba_id": 99464
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "99bc94e493b2a7d69dfb12c8fac3c8066f2582be4f91439fd6faa04c145eeea1",
    "meanings": [
      "熬夜"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "そんなに夜ふかしをするべきではない。",
        "zh": "你不应该熬得那么晚。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は夜更かしをするようになった。",
        "zh": "他开始经常熬夜。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/52b17bca55",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1606000; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "0c4acebdff50d6a2c9d50468aff710a1c838c5b40e6500e35e88a2b0c1a8780a"
  }
}