聖夜

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	夜
せい Grade: 6	や Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 聖(せい) (sei, “saint; holy”) + 夜(や) (ya, “night”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーや (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Proper noun

聖(せい)夜(や) • (Seiya) ^{←せいや (Seiya)^?}

Christmas Eve

Synonyms

クリスマスイブ (Kurisumasu Ibu)

Derived terms

性夜(せいや) (Seiya)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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