Illustration: At a family picnic in a riverside park, a couple in their late forties or fifties spreads food on a low folding table. Their faces have gentle smile lines and a little gray at the temples, while their posture remains active and assured.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

中ちゅう年ねん

chuunen

middle age

Example sentences

その中年ちゅうねん女性じょせいたちは途中とちゅうずっと大声おおごえで話はなしつづけていた。
The middle-aged women kept talking loudly all the way.
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その中年ちゅうねんの男おとこは暴行ぼうこうのかどで訴うったえられた。
The middle aged man was charged with assault.
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ナップザックを背負せおった中年ちゅうねんの女性じょせいが一人ひとり、座すわるところを探さがしているようだった。
A middle-aged woman with a knapsack on her back seemed to be looking for a place to sit down.
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Kanji in 中年

中in; insideOnチュウKunなか・うち・あたる
年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし

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