ゆうべ
last night, last evening
The day just gone with its night still attached, and the shooting star that went over it. You would ゆう be べ telling people about that one for a week: ゆうべ.
Read ゆうべ here, not さくや, and often written 夕べ instead. さくや is correct too and sounds stiffer.
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