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今日の漢字
Grade 1JLPT N4

evening

3 strokes · frequency rank #924

On
セキ
Kun
ゆう

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Common words

  1. ゆうevening1
    • What goes on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?

  2. ゆうしょくevening meal; dinner2
    • How delicious your dinner was!

    • Dinner is ready.

    • It'll soon be time for dinner.

  3. ゆうがたearly evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk3
    • It might rain before evening.

    • It's five in the evening.

    • Evening is drawing on.

  4. ゆうかんevening edition (of a daily newspaper); evening paper4
    • The results of the election will appear in the evening paper.

    • My father sat reading the evening paper.

    • He looked through the evening paper.

  5. たなばたStar Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver5
    • Tanabata comes up in manga a lot so I also know it fairly well.

    • The Star Festival is in July.

  6. ゆうこくevening; evening hour6
    • The traveler arrived in New York in the evening.

    • We may well have rain this evening.

  7. ゆうひevening sun; setting sun7
    • They were watching the sunset then.

    • Lovely sunset, isn't it?

    • The setting sun flushed the high roof.

  8. ゆうだち(sudden, heavy) shower (on a summer afternoon or evening); evening shower8
    • We had already walked five minutes when we were caught in a shower.

    • We were drenched in the shower.

    • I was caught in an evening shower.

  9. ゆうはんevening meal; dinner; supper9
    • I cooked supper last night.

    • Hurry in for supper.

    • Time for dinner.

  10. あさゆうmorning and evening10
    • It gets cold in the mornings and evenings, so I want to take care how I dress.

    • Hawaii, y'know, has a lot of houses with fireplaces, doesn't it? The mornings and evenings over there get cold as well so people who feel the cold light fires.

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