How do you say 'nocturnal' in Japanese?

Question

How do you say 'nocturnal' in Japanese?

Answer 1

nocturnal

1. yoru no (as in 'a nocturnal visit')

2. yakousei no (animals)

3. yoruzaki no (flowers)

Answer 2

夜行性 (yakousei)

* Nocturnal in general sense is 夜行性 (yakousei).  Whereas 夜型 is used often only to describe a person's lifestyle -- evening person, night person, late night person, etc.

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Answer 3

夜行性  "yakousei" means "nocturnal habit."

Yorugata is a nocturnal person, and it's an adjective to describe someone as being nocturnal.  ÃƒÂ¥Ã‚¤ÂœÃ¥ÂžÂ‹

Answer 4

nocturnal means "'going in the night' "