Illustration: In a dark Japanese apartment kitchen, a sleepy adult in pajamas opens the refrigerator and discovers the household cat already waiting beside its food bowl. A round wall clock with plain tick marks has both hands pointing straight upward.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

真ま夜よ中なか

mayonaka

midnight, middle of the night

Example sentences

  1. トムは真夜中まよなかについた。

    Tom arrived at midnight.

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  2. トムは真夜中まよなかに目めが覚さめた。

    Tom woke up in the middle of the night.

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  3. そのパーティーは真夜中まよなかに終おわった。

    The party came to an end at midnight.

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Kanji in 真夜中

  • 真true; realityOnシンKunま・ま-・まこと
  • 夜night; eveningOnヤKunよ・よる
  • 中in; insideOnチュウKunなか・うち・あたる

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