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How to say “clear night” in Japanese

3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation

TouristBeginner – simple, short, survival phrases

今夜は星がきれいです。

🔊 Kon'ya wa hoshi ga kirei desu

Literally: Tonight the stars are beautiful.

💡 Simple

LearnerIntermediate – natural sentences, conversational

今夜は空が澄んでいて、星がたくさん見えますね。

🔊 Kon'ya wa sora ga sunde ite, hoshi ga takusan miemasu ne

Literally: Tonight the sky is clear and you can see so many stars.

💡 澄む = to clear/become limpid, poetic word for clear sky

LocalAdvanced – idioms and colloquialisms

雲一つない夜空に天の川までくっきり見えて、息をのむほどきれいですね。

🔊 Kumo hitotsu nai yozora ni amanogawa made kukkiri miete, iki wo nomu hodo kirei desu ne

Literally: Not one cloud in the night sky, even the Milky Way visible sharply, beautiful enough to take your breath away.

💡 雲一つない = not a single cloud; 天の川 = River of Heaven = Milky Way; 息をのむ = to take one's breath away, deeply poetic

About these Japanese phrases

These Japanese weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing clear night conditions. The Tourist phrase is what any beginner can use immediately. The Learner phrase sounds natural in everyday conversation. The Local phrase uses authentic idioms and expressions that native speakers actually use — the kind of phrase that makes locals smile when they hear a foreigner use it.

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