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ゆうべ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
昨夜
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Readings : ゆうべ    さくや   
昨夜 can be read in 2 ways: ゆうべ (70%), さくや (30%).
1. last night  (usu. 昨夜; this meaning is restricted to reading ゆうべ, さくや)
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
2. evening  (this meaning is restricted to form 夕べ, 夕)
さくや is the formal pronunciation. ゆうべ is more common in conversational speech.
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 139,906 which gives a rank of 2,013
昨夜 is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 21,000 (about 30,400,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 587 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 4014
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 21 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
さくや
昨夜
なってやっと
らせ
けた

It was not until last night that I got the news.
さくや
昨夜
テレビ
やきゅう
野球

We watched the baseball game on TV last night.
さくや
昨夜
けいさつ
警察
よぶよりほか
しかた
仕方
なかった
We had no choice but to call the police last night.
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Readings : ゆうべ    ゆう   
夕 can be read in 2 ways: ゆうべ (70%), ゆう (30%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 10,000 (about 71,300,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6263
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 2 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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夕べ
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Reading : ゆうべ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 76,000 (about 3,780,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N3
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 18 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ゆうべ
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 113,000 (about 1,310,000 results)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N5
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 18 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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さくや
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 104,000 (about 1,660,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 21 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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サク    yesterday   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヤ   よる    よ night   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
go
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dot   
lid
セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
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