夜勤

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 夜勤 is read as やきん and means “night shift”.
• Basic usage: It denotes working a hospital night shift and resting until noon afterward.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 夜勤をする / 夜勤の後
  • Use 夜勤をする for performing the shift and 夜勤の後 for the period following it.