| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 夜 | よる | (a) night, (an) evening |
| 夜中 | よなか | midnight |
| 今夜 | こんや | tonight |
| 前夜 | ぜんや | last night |
| 夜店 | よみせ | night stall |
| 夜明け | よあけ | dawn, daybreak |
| 深夜 | しんや | late at night |
| 夜行 | やこう | walking around at night, night train, night travel |
| 金曜の夜 | きんようのよる | Friday night |
| 夜間 | やかん（に） | at night, in the night |
| 夜食 | やしょく | a midnight meal |
| 一夜 | いちや, ひとや, ひとよ | one night, all night, overnight, one evening |
| 丙夜 | へいや | third division of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am) |
| 前夜祭 | ぜんやさい | the eve (of festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve) |
| 同夜 | どうや | the same night, that night |
| 夜凪 | よなぎ | evening calm |
| 夜勤 | やきん | night shift |
| 夜嵐 | よあらし | night storm |
| 夜汽車 | よぎしゃ | night train |
| 夜糞峰榛 | よぐそみねばり, ヨグソミネバリ | Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa) |
| 夜討ち | ようち | night attack |
| 徹夜 | てつや | all night, all-night vigil, sleepless night |
| 日夜 | にちや | day and night, always |
| 昨夜 | ゆう, ゆうべ, さくや | evening; last night |
| 昼夜 | ちゅうや | day and night |
| 逮夜 | たいや | eve of the anniversary of a person's death |