夜長

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	長
よ Grade: 2	なが Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よなが [yònágá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) よなが [yònágáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jo̞na̠ɡa̠]

Noun

夜(よ)長(なが) • (yonaga)

long night in fall

Antonyms

日(ひ)永(なが) (hinaga), 日(ひ)長(なが) (hinaga)

References

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

“夜長”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025