Word Meaning 一夜

いちや ichiya

一夜 is read as いちや (ichiya) and means one night.

Meaning

English

  1. one night
  2. all night
  3. overnight
  4. one evening

Reading

Kana

いちや

Romaji

ichiya

Writing Variants

  • 一夜 ひとや hitoya
  • 一夜 ひとよ hitoyo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 973 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一日一夜

いちにちいちや

all day and night

一昨夜

いっさくや

night before last

一昨々夜

いっさくさくや

two nights before last

一夜さ

ひとよさ

one night

一夜造り

いちやづくり

built in a night

一夜大尽

いちやだいじん

rags to riches

一夜を共にする

いちやをともにする

to spend a night together

一夜飾り

いちやかざり

decoration hung on the New Year's pine on New Year's eve

一夜妻

いちやづま

temporary consort

一夜漬

いちやづけ

(vegetables) pickled just overnight

一夜干

いちやぼし

fish salted and dried overnight

千一夜物語

せんいちやものがたり

One Thousand and One Nights

Example Sentences

10

Did you spend a night with that man?

I spent the night in my car.

He spent the night in jail.

He sat up all night.

The tourist asked for lodging for the night.

We spent the night in an inexpensive hotel.

They passed an uneasy night.

Tom spent the night at a friend's house.

Tom spent the night in his van.

I always crammed for my tests overnight when I was a student.