夕方

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夕	方
ゆう Grade: 1	かた > がた Grade: 2
kun’yomi

a view on the sky in early evening (yūgata)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆうがた [yùúgátá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːɡa̠ta̠]

Noun

夕(ゆう)方(がた) • (yūgata) ^{←ゆふがた (yufugata)^?} (alternative reading hiragana ゆうかた, rōmaji yūkata, historical hiragana ゆふかた)

early evening

Synonyms

(Kagoshima) あこくろもと (akokuromoto)
(Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Okinawa) あこーくる (akōkuru)

Antonyms

朝方(あさがた) (asagata, “morning”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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