夜中

• 読み: よなか
• ローマ字: yonaka
• 漢字の分解: 夜 (yo) — night; 中 (naka) — middle
• 発音: /jo.na.ka/

意味

Midnight; the middle of the night; late at night. Refers to the deep nighttime hours.

A noun and adverb referring to the late-night period, roughly from midnight to early morning. Distinct from 夜 (yoru, night in general) and 真夜中 (mayonaka, the very middle of the night). Common in expressions like 夜中に (in the middle of the night), 夜中まで (until late at night). Often implies that something happens at an unusually late hour.

例文

1. 夜中にお腹が空いてラーメンを食べた。
2. 隣の犬が夜中にずっと吠えていた。
3. 夜中まで勉強して朝起きられなかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, stories, complaints

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 夜 (yo, night) and 中 (naka, middle). Literally 'the middle of the night.' The reading よなか uses the native Japanese (kun) readings of both kanji.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal