夜: night

夜 yè

noun | measure word
: night; dark

夜 | よ yo

adverbial noun | temporal noun
: evening; night

夜 | よる yoru

adverbial noun | temporal noun
: certainly; surely; definitely

夜夜 ye4ye4: every night
[よよ yoyo: every evening; night after night]

夜晚 ye4wan3: night

夜半 ye4ban4: midnight [よわ yowa OR やはん yahan : midnight; dead of night]

半夜 ban4ye4: midnight; the middle of the night [はんや hanya: midnight]

夜市 ye4shi4: night market [よいち yoichi]

夜景 ye4jing3: nightscape
[やけい yakei: night view; night skyline; nightscape]

夜班 ye4ban1: night shift

夜梟[枭] ye4xiao1: owl

夜曲 ye4qu3: nocturne (music) [やきょく yakyoku]

深夜 shen1ye4: very late at night [しんや shinya]

黑夜 hei1ye4: night; dark night

宵夜 xiao1ye4: midnight snack; late-night snack

日夜 ri4ye4: day and night; around the clock
[にちや nichiya: day and night; always]

今夜 jin1 ye4: tonight; this evening [こんや konya]

前夜 qian2 ye4: the eve; the night before
[ぜんや zenya: last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event)]

平安夜 ping2 an1 ye: Christmas eve

昨夜 zuo2ye4: last night [ゆうべ yuube OR さくや sakuya]

熬夜 ao2ye4: to burn the midnight oil; to stay up late or all night

過[过]夜 guo4ye4: to spend the night; overnight

Japanese common word | expression | idiom
犬夜叉 quan3 ye4 cha4 | いぬやしゃ Inuyasha (dog demon in a manga) is a manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi (of Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikaku, Mermaid Saga, Ranma 1/2 fame). The series premiered at the end of 1996 and ended in the summer of 2008. Kagome Higurashi, a 15-year-old firl from Tokyo, is transported into the Sengoku period after falling into a well in her family shrine. There she meets half-demon, Inuyasha, and together the travel across Japan to find the magical Shikon jewel.

夜更けて | よふけて yofukete
: late at night; deep in the night

夜目遠目 | よめとおめ yome to ome
: seen in the dark or at a distance; (a woman) looking prettier when seen in the dark or at a distance
OR
夜目遠目笠の内 | よめとおめかさのうち yome to ome kasa no uchi
: expression used to depict a woman who is attractive primarily when it’s dark out, she’s far away, or her face is partially hidden by a bamboo hat

夜露死苦 | よろしく yoroshiku
: (ateji / phonetic) (kana only) well; properly; suitably
: best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably; please take care of
: just like …; as though one were …
: by all means; of course

夜明け前が一番暗い | よあけまえがいちばんくらい yoake mae ga ichiban kurai
: it’s always darkest before the dawn; the darkest hour is just before the dawn

Chinese expression | idiom | proverb
夜不歸宿 [夜不归宿] ye4 bu4 gui1 su4
: to stay out all night

三更半夜 san1 geng1 ban4 ye4
: in the depth of the night; very late at night

平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門心不驚 [平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊] ping2 sheng1 bu4 zuo4 kui1 xin1 shi4 , ban4 ye4 qiao1 men2 xin1 bu4 jing1
: He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. Rest with a clear conscience