更ふける

ふける fukeru

to get late
to advance
to wear on

ichidan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

夜深

Examples

Furigana

夜よるが更ふけるにつれて寒さむくなった。
It became colder as the night wore on.
随着夜深，天气变冷了。
Tatoeba #79769
夜よるが更ふけて疲つかれていたので私わたしは宿やど屋やに泊とまった。
As it was late at night and I was very tired, I put up at an inn.
因为夜深又累了，我住进了旅馆。
Tatoeba #79764

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6f6047f88e'); // 更ける

{
  "id": "6f6047f88e",
  "word": "更ける",
  "reading": "ふける",
  "romaji": "fukeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to get late",
    "to advance",
    "to wear on"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1279290,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "夜が更けるにつれて寒くなった。",
      "furigana": "{夜|よる}が{更|ふ}けるにつれて{寒|さむ}くなった。",
      "en": "It became colder as the night wore on.",
      "tatoeba_id": 79769
    },
    {
      "ja": "夜が更けて疲れていたので私は宿屋に泊まった。",
      "furigana": "{夜|よる}が{更|ふ}けて{疲|つか}れていたので{私|わたし}は{宿屋|やどや}に{泊|と}まった。",
      "en": "As it was late at night and I was very tired, I put up at an inn.",
      "tatoeba_id": 79764
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "68b1aad2c6eed18ff9ac88bbcaa06703c871726cf51f03f6c07b5f7b903c7143",
    "meanings": [
      "夜深"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "夜が更けるにつれて寒くなった。",
        "zh": "随着夜深，天气变冷了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "夜が更けて疲れていたので私は宿屋に泊まった。",
        "zh": "因为夜深又累了，我住进了旅馆。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/6f6047f88e",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1279290; 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": "a5080f90ef3ed3c0c3616333557069a348b204727764e8cbe09b891677ebbd95"
  }
}