How to say "night" in Japanese

• 夜よるJLPT N5approx.Common
  noun, adverbThe general word for night as the dark hours between evening and morning, covering 'evening' as well. Use it for night in general: night falling, a quiet night, a sleepless night.
  あなたは夜よるよく寝ねれませんか。↗

  Don't you sleep well at night?
• 晩ばんJLPT N5approx.Common
  noun, adverbChiefly an 'evening' word; its 'night' sense is the night of a particular day, as in 'tonight' or 'last night', not night in general. Typical context: talk about dinner or plans for the evening.
  グロリアは断然だんぜんその晩ばんのピカ一ぴかいちの歌手かしゅであった。↗

  Gloria was easily the best singer of that evening.
• 夜間やかんJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, adverbNighttime as a span of hours, often set against the daytime; the word you meet in schedules, notices and written descriptions of things that happen at night, not for 'tonight' or 'last night'.
  フクロウは昼間ひるま寝ねていて夜間やかん狩かりをします。↗

  An owl sleeps by day and hunts by night.

Choose 夜 for night in general, 晩 for the evening or a particular night such as tonight or last night, and 夜間 for nighttime as a span of hours, as in schedules and notices.

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• 夜よるnight
• 晩ばんevening
• 夜間やかんnight
• ナイトnight
• 夜半よわnight
• ノーチェnight
• 暮夜ぼやnight
• 夜分やぶんevening