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徹夜

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

徹夜 — “staying up all night”

徹夜 (read てつや) means staying up all night. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

てつや

Meaning

staying up all night

徹夜 in a sentence

試験しけん前まえに徹夜てつやする。

To stay up all night before the exam.

The kanji in 徹夜

徹thoroughly, to the end
夜night

Words that share a kanji with 徹夜

徹底てってい— thoroughness, being thorough
昨夜ゆうべ— last night
夜よる— evening, night
夜中よなか— middle of the night, midnight
今夜こんや— tonight, this evening
夜明けよあけ— dawn, daybreak
深夜しんや— late at night, the dead of night
夜間やかん— nighttime, at night

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