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    3. 夜中

    夜中

    夜よ中なか

    middle of the night

    N3KMT6News #13+1CoreNoun, AdverbDaily LifeKanji Vocab12 strokes

    夜なか

    よなか

    Noun, Adverb

    1.
    middle of the night, dead of night

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    彼かれは夜よ中なかに帰かえってきた。

    He came home in the middle of the night.

    KMT3Daily Life
    夜よ中なかにコンビニへお菓か子しを買かいに行いった。

    I went to the convenience store in the middle of the night to buy snacks.

    KMT5Daily LifeFood & Dining
    夜よ中なかに電でん話わが鳴なって目めが覚さめた。

    The phone rang in the middle of the night and woke me up.

    KMT6Daily Life
    近きん所じょの犬いぬが夜よ中なかに吠ほえるので、よく眠ねむれない。

    The neighbor's dog barks in the middle of the night, so I can't sleep well.

    KMT6Daily LifeHome & Housing
    夜よ中なかに緊きん急きゅうの仕し事ごとが入はいったため、徹てつ夜やで対たい応おうすることになった。

    An urgent task came in during the middle of the night, so I ended up working all night to handle it.

    KMT7Daily LifeWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    夜
    よ・よる…(1)
    night・evening
    中
    なか・うち・あた.る…(3)
    in・inside・middle・mean・center
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