真夜中
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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真 | 夜 | 中 |
ま Grade: 3 |
よ Grade: 2 |
なか Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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眞夜中 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
References edit
- ^ 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, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN