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night
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middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) |
simp. and trad.
(夜中)
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夜
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中
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Pronunciation
Noun
夜中
- (literary) midnight
Synonyms
Japanese
Etymology 1
Compound of 夜 (yo, “night”) + 中 (naka, “middle”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
夜中 • (yonaka)
- late at night, the middle of the night
- midnight
- Synonym: 真夜中 (mayonaka)
Usage notes
The midnight sense of specifically at 12:00 AM is more commonly expressed by the term 真夜中 (mayonaka).
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Apparently from Middle Chinese 夜中 (MC yaeH trjuwng).
Pronunciation
Noun
夜中 • (yachū)
- nighttime, the night, the period of time during the night
Etymology 3
Compound of 夜 (yo, “night”) + 中 (jū, “during, throughout”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
夜中 • (yojū) ←よぢゆう (yodyuu)?
- the entire night, the period of time throughout the night
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN