更

JLPT N3 Kanji · Practice Flashcards

更 — grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course

JLPT N3
7 strokes
Secondary (Jōyō)
Radical 曰
#861 most frequent

Flashcards

Readings

On'yomi 音読み: コウ
Kun'yomi 訓読み: さらさら.にふ.けるふ.かす

Example words & Vocabulary

変更へんこう

change,modification,alteration

更にさらに

furthermore,again,after all,more and more,moreover

夜更かしよふかし

staying up late, keeping late hours, sitting up late at night, nighthawk

更けるふける

to get late,to advance,to wear on

今更いまさら

now, at this late hour

尚更なおさら

all the more, still less

夜更けよふけ

Example sentences 3

変更へんこうした？

You changed it?

母は桐壺更衣。

His mother was Kiritsubo no Koi (a court lady of lower status).

夜よる更ふかしをする。

We keep late hours.