Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “夜逃げ”

夜逃げ

よにげ

running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act

Example sentence

He was deeply in debt. And he and his family skipped town.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

夜
On
や
Kun
よ;よる
Stroke count
8

・night

・evening

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逃
On
とう
Kun
に.げる;に.がす;のが.す;のが.れる
Stroke count
9

・escape

・flee

・shirk

・evade

・set free

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