How to Say ‘Since last night’ in Japanese
きのうの夜からです。
kinou no yoru kara desu
[kee-noh noh yoroo kah-rah dess]
💬 Usage Tip: [から] marks the starting point: [きのうの夜から] = "since last night." [です] just makes it polite, so this is a natural short answer to [いつから？].
Phrase Breakdown
きのうの夜
kinou no yoru
last night
Refers to the time starting from last night.
きのうの夜に電話しました。
I called last night.
Words in this phrase
きのう
kinou
[kee-noh]
yesterday
きのう means yesterday.
きのうの夜からです。
It has been since last night.
の
no
[noh]
of; ’s
の links yesterday and night.
きのうの夜からです。
It has been since last night.
夜
yoru
[yoroo]
night; evening
夜 means night.
きのうの夜からです。
It has been since last night.
からです
kara desu
it has been since / because it started from
から indicates the starting point of a time or reason; です makes it polite.
先週からです。
It has been since last week.
Words in this phrase
から
kara
[kah-rah]
from; since
から marks the time when something started.
きのうの夜からです。
It has been since last night.
です
desu
[dess]
is; it is
です makes the answer polite.
きのうの夜からです。
It has been since last night.
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