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    3. 夜半

    夜半

    夜や半はん

    middle of the night

    KMT9News #31+1NounDaily LifeKanji Vocab13 strokes

    やはん

    Noun

    1.
    middle of the night, dead of night

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    夜や半はんに目めが覚さめた。

    I woke up in the middle of the night.

    KMT7Daily Life
    夜や半はんを過すぎると、街まちは静しずまり返かえった。

    After midnight, the town became completely silent.

    KMT9Daily Life
    夜や半はんの闇やみに包つつまれた森もりは、神しん秘ぴ的てきな雰ふん囲い気きを醸かもし出だしていた。

    The forest, enveloped in the dead of night, exuded a mysterious atmosphere.

    KMT9Daily LifeNature & Environment
    夜や半はんまで仕し事ごとをして、ようやくレポートを完かん成せいさせた。

    I worked until the middle of the night and finally completed the report.

    KMT9Daily LifeWork & Career
    夜や半はんには、満まん月げつが空そら高たかく輝かがやき、地ち上じょうを照てらしていた。

    In the dead of night, the full moon shone high in the sky, illuminating the ground.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    夜
    よ・よる…(1)
    night・evening
    半
    なか.ば…(2)
    half・middle・odd number・semi-・part-
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