Illustration: In a Japanese family living room, four people kneel around a square low table to begin a board game. Before they can place the board, the family cat has settled precisely in the middle of the tabletop, paws tucked beneath its body.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

中ちゅう央おう

chuuou

center, middle

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちはその部屋へやの中央ちゅうおうに座すわった。

    We sat in the center of the room.

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  2. 公園こうえんの中央ちゅうおうに池いけがある。

    There is a pond in the middle of the park.

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  3. 市しの中央ちゅうおうに公園こうえんがある。

    There is a park in the middle of the city.

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Kanji in 中央

  • 中in; insideOnチュウKunなか・うち・あたる
  • 央center; middleOnオウ

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