Meaning of 夜中 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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夜中, 夜なかJLPT 3
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Kana Readingよなか
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Romajiyonaka
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
- Meaning
- midnight; dead of night
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Example Sentences
夜中, 夜なか, よなか used in context
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Sometimes my dog barks in the middle of the night.
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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.
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We woke up after midnight.
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I have a fever at night.
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I heard something crashing in the kitchen in the middle of the night.
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The roads were very muddy since it had rained during the night.
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