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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

夜よ中なか

N3
よなか yonaka
  1. midnight
  2. dead of night
nounadverb

Chinese meanings

半夜

Examples

  • 私は夜中に3度目が覚めた。
    I awoke three times in the night.
    我半夜醒了三次。
  • 私わたしたちは夜よ中なかの2時じまで話はなしていた。
    We talked until two in the morning.
    我们聊到半夜两点。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('19a41952db'); // 夜中
{
  "id": "19a41952db",
  "word": "夜中",
  "reading": "よなか",
  "romaji": "yonaka",
  "meanings": [
    "midnight",
    "dead of night"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1536930,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "私は夜中に3度目が覚めた。",
      "en": "I awoke three times in the night.",
      "tatoeba_id": 152550
    },
    {
      "ja": "私たちは夜中の2時まで話していた。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}たちは{夜中|よなか}の2{時|じ}まで{話|はな}していた。",
      "en": "We talked until two in the morning.",
      "tatoeba_id": 165070
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "3fb643788b9adf207df8f6e7b401a4291e4d8f60cbf1834f4860adf9264725df",
    "meanings": [
      "半夜"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "私は夜中に3度目が覚めた。",
        "zh": "我半夜醒了三次。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私たちは夜中の2時まで話していた。",
        "zh": "我们聊到半夜两点。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/19a41952db",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1536930; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "8adb72259275ba1c558d5e348cf3550e3ffc0ac7d1ac21cfb6f5ed6b3bc1b69c"
  }
}