朝、昼、夜、晩 Vocabulary for time in one day

朝あさ、昼ひる、夜よる、晩ばん Vocabulary for time in one day

I got question about vocabulary for time in one day from guy studying Japanese.

What is different between 夜 and 晩？

And around what time 朝、昼、夕、夜、晩 show?

This is post about vocabulary for time with example sentence with native Japanese voice (my voice!)

 

Meaning of each word

At first, let’s check meaning of each related word.

 

朝あさ morning, until noon

昼ひる around noon, from noon to until around 2pm

夕ゆう evening (often used as 夕方ゆうがた), until sunset

夜よる night

晩ばん night (early night), a few hours later from sunset

 

午前ごぜん in morning

午後ごご in afternoon

 

早朝そうちょう early morning

深夜しんや deep night

 

What is different between 夜 and 晩？

夜 means night after sunset to sunrise.

晩 originally means time around sunset, around time we cannot see sun.

In short, both 夜 and 晩 mean night, however, 夜 covers wider time range than 晩 and 晩 is often used when you describe early night time.

So both often have same meaning and can be replaced but sometimes 夜 covers wider meaning.

 

Examples

Here are some examples.

 

Example a)

マルコは、毎晩まいばん、テレビを見みます。

マルコは、毎日まいにち、夜よるにテレビを見みます。

Both sentences mean “Marco watches TV every night”. 夜 and 晩 have same meaning.

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Example b)

きょうは午後ごご2時じからミーティングがある。

This sentence means “I have meeting at 2pm today”.

 

Example c)

早朝そうちょうから深夜しんやまで働はたらいている。

This sentence means “ I work from early morning to deep night”.

 

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Greeting① – あいさつ(こんにちは, さようなら etc.) with native Japanese voice

 

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