noun:

• shades of evening; dead of night ➜ 夜陰に乗じて

expression / adjective:

• bright even in the dark; clearly visible at night

noun:

• thank God it's Friday; TGIF; going out on Friday night; flowery Friday (when young men et al. stay out late) [literal] - from 花の金曜日

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• overnight; since last night

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• every evening; night after night

noun:

• tank for holding excreta (often used for fertilizer) (fertiliser); night soil vat or reservoir

expression / noun:

• veil of darkness; curtain of night - idiom

noun:

• evening dew; night dew

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• yesterday evening; last night

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to see well in the dark; to have good night vision

noun:

• single sexual encounter; one-night stand - From English "one night love"

noun:

• excreta; raw sewage; human waste; night soil

noun:

• street prostitute; streetwalker; lady of the night

noun:

• perspiration given off during sleep; sweating while sleeping; night sweats

noun:

• cold-suffering bird; kankucho; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes - Buddhism term
• (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori - idiom - derogatory term - Buddhism term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pass (the night); to spend ➜ 語り明かす
• to reveal; to divulge; to disclose; to expose
• to prove; to verify ➜ 証す【あかす】

noun:

• hazy moon (esp. on a spring night)

noun:

• ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon)

noun:

• welcoming fire for returning spirits (on the first night of the Bon festival) Antonym: 送り火 ➜ お盆

noun:

• Tōhoku harvest divination event (14th night of the New Year) ➜ 年占

noun:

• dipping up (night soil); scooping up

noun:

• waiting for the sun (traditional all-night event of worship and neighbourhood fellowship) ➜ 月待ち【つきまち】

expression:

• coolness of distant twinkling lights (on a summer night)

noun:

• toilet (from which night-soil may be collected) ➜ 汲み取り便所

noun:

• west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar); wind that blows seashells ashore [literal]