夜行

やこう
Alternative readings: やぎょう
JLPT:N2
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1

Traveling or moving about at night; activities or journeys conducted overnight.

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Examples

夜行バスで東京から大阪へ移動した。

I traveled from Tokyo to Osaka on an overnight bus.

彼は仕事の関係でよく夜行することがある。

He often has to travel at night because of his work.

古い町並みを夜行して見て回るのが好きだ。

I like walking around old neighborhoods at night to look around.

2

An abbreviation for night-running trains or buses (e.g., night train).

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Examples

学生時代は夜行列車で旅をしたことがある。

When I was a student I once traveled by night train.

夜行便で移動するほうが安い場合もある。

Sometimes it's cheaper to travel on a night service.

3

A folkloric or literary term for a nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc. (as in 'hyakki yakō').

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Examples

古い絵巻には百鬼夜行の場面が描かれている。

Old picture scrolls depict scenes of the nightly parade of a hundred demons.

怪談では夜行する者たちが恐ろしく描かれることが多い。

In ghost stories, those who parade at night are often depicted terrifyingly.

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