真夜中

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	夜	中
ま Grade: 3	よ Grade: 2	なか Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
眞夜中 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 真 (ma, “real, true”) +‎ 夜 (yo, “night”) +‎ 中 (naka, “middle”). Also analyzable as 真 (ma, “real, true”) +‎ 夜中 (yonaka, “middle of the night”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まよなか [màyóꜜnàkà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ma̠jo̞na̠ka̠]

Noun

真(ま)夜(よ)中(なか) • (mayonaka)

midnight
Synonym: 深夜

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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