Word Meaning 夜勤

やきん yakin

夜勤 is read as やきん (yakin) and means night shift.

Meaning

English

  1. night shift

Reading

Kana

やきん

Romaji

yakin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Antonyms 日勤 Related Words 深夜料金,夜勤手当 Rank 16513 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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夜間勤務

やかんきんむ

night work

夜勤明け

やきんあけ

(being) off night duty

夜景

やけい

night view

夜更かし

よふかし

staying up late

夜具

やぐ

bedding

夜更け

よふけ

late at night

夜回り

よまわり

night watch

夜行性

やこうせい

nocturnality

夜逃げ

よにげ

running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt)

夜曲

やきょく

nocturne

夜遊び

よあそび

nightlife

夜間部

やかんぶ

night-school session

Example Sentences

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Are they paying you extra to work late?

Tom works the night shift.

But I have to take night shifts twice a week.

Freddy's been working the graveyard shift the past month, so he hasn't been able to see any of his friends who work normal hours.