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[徹夜] vigil

【U】【C】《正式》(見張り・看護などのための)徹夜∥ be tired out by several nights' vigils 幾晩もの徹夜で疲れ切る.

¶→徹夜をする

徹夜
all night
all night vigil
sleepless night

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てつや【徹夜】

vigil

〖U〗〖C〗《正式》(見張り・看護などのための)徹夜

be tired out by several nights' vigils 幾晩もの徹夜で疲れ切る.

¶ → 徹夜をする

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てつや【徹夜】

～する sit [stay, be] up all night.

●徹夜して試験勉強をする study all night long for an exam

・徹夜してセーターを編み上げた. She knitted through the night and finished the sweater.

●徹夜で看病する, 看病で徹夜する sit up with 《an invalid》 all night; keep an all-night vigil 《over…》

・徹夜で協議する have an all-night discussion

・前の晩徹夜で頑張って 100 点を取った. I got a 100 on the test by studying all night the night before.

・彼女のあの顔は徹夜でもしたに違いない. She looks like she must have been burning the midnight oil.

●徹夜の復旧作業 all-night repair works

・徹夜の労使交渉 labor-management negotiations that continued through the night.

徹夜明け

●徹夜明けの眠そうな顔で looking tired after staying awake all night.

徹夜討論 an all-night debate.

徹夜マージャン ⇒てつマン.