真夜中
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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真 | 夜 | 中 |
ま Grade: 3 | よ Grade: 2 | なか Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
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
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) まよなか [màyóꜜnàkà] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][3]
- IPA(key): [ma̠jo̞na̠ka̠]
Noun
真夜中 (hiragana まよなか, rōmaji mayonaka)
- midnight
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN