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Meaning of 夜中(よなか) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 夜中, 夜なか JLPT 3

Kana Reading よなか

Romaji yonaka

時々、私の犬は夜中の間に吠えます。

Sometimes my dog barks in the middle of the night.
あ、みんなには内緒だよ？寮を夜中に抜け出すのは厳罰だからね？

Oh, that's a secret, OK? Because slipping out of the dorm in the night is severely punished.
夜中過ぎに起きました。

We woke up after midnight.
夜中に熱が出るのです。

I have a fever at night.
夜中に台所で物が壊れる音がした。

I heard something crashing in the kitchen in the middle of the night.
夜中に雨が降ったので道がたいへん悪かった。

The roads were very muddy since it had rained during the night.

夜 JLPT 4

8 strokes

night, evening

On'Yomi: ヤ

Kun'Yomi: よ, よる

中 JLPT 5

4 strokes

in, inside, middle, mean, center

On'Yomi: チュウ

Kun'Yomi: なか, うち, あた.る

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