Late At Night
Dead Of Night, Wee Hours
noun
We have night and the noun version of 更ける (to grow late). Stick the two together, and you get a word that means late at night, the dead of night, or the wee hours.
This word uses the kun'yomi readings of the kanji. You should remember 更's kun'yomi from 更ける, but 夜 is a little tricky because it uses its less common よ reading. You learned this reading with 夜明け, but here's a mnemonic in case you need a refresher:
You've stayed up late at night again playing with your yo-yo (よ). There are just so many yo-yo tricks you want to master, so you can't help but stay up practicing, yo-yoing until the wee hours every night. Someone ought to take that thing away from you so you can get some sleep.
夜更けになる
to get late at night
夜更けに来る
to come late at night
夜更けに目覚める
to wake up in the dead of night
夜更けまで続く
to continue until late at night
夜更けまで語り合う
to talk together until the wee hours
夜更けまで飲む
to drink until late at night
夜更けの月
the moon late at night
夜更けの道
the road in the dead of night
夜更けの空気
late-night air
ハロウィンパーティーは夜更けまで続いた。
The Halloween party went on until the wee hours.
こんな夜更けに来られても困るよ。
It puts me in a tough spot when you show up this late at night.
「また会おうな！」そう言ってコウイチは夜更けの街へ消えていった。
"Let's meet again!" With those words, Koichi disappeared into the midnight streets.