夜通し – vocab dash

夜よ通どおし

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Meanings

Adverb

Noun

1. all night; throughout the night

Other spellings

夜よどおし

Kanji used

Pitch accent

よどおし

Composed of

night; evening

Noun

continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; consecutive run; appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre; performance of an entire play

Noun

Examples13

彼かれらは夜よ通どおし話はなし合あった。

They went on talking all night.

敵てきは夜よ通どおし攻こう撃げきを続つづけた。

The enemy kept up the attack all night.

弟おとうとはよく夜よ通どおし起おきて小しょう説せつを読よんでいたものだ。

My brother would often stay up all night reading novels.

ひどい交こう通つう騒そう音おんのため、私わたしは夜よ通どおし眠ねむれなかった。

The noise of the heavy traffic kept me awake all night.

トムは夜よ通どおししゃべり続つづけた。

Tom kept talking all night.

締しめ切きりに間まに合あわせるために、私わたしは夜よ通どおし働はたらいた。

I worked all night so as to meet the deadline.