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Meanings for each kanji in 昨晩
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昨 |
yesterday; previous |
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晩 |
nightfall; night |
Sample Sentences for 昨晩
あなたは昨晩あの映画を見るべきだったのに。
You should have seen that movie last night.
昨晩、その飛行機はロンドンへ向けて出発した。
The airplane took off for London last night.
彼女の容態は昨晩悪化した。
Her condition took a turn for the worse last night.
昨晩の火事は放火と断定された。
The fire that broke out last night was judged to be caused by arson.
私は昨晩よく眠った。
I slept well last night.
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I did some research.
夕べ is the same as 昨夜 (さくや） Here the kanji represent the meaning and not the sound https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/271/why-is-昨夜-pronounced-as-ゆうべ-yuube-and-今日-as-きょう-kyou
昨晩 is more formal and less used. A more common way to say last night is "昨日の夜" https://www.italki.com/question/237843
Yahoo search hit amounts confirm these statements:
"昨日の夜" 61.8 million
"昨夜" 2.4 million
"夕べ 1.7 million
"昨晩" 0.6 million
昨晩 is less usedhttps://www.italki.com/question/237843