"夜中" meaning in Japanese

See 夜中 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [jo̞na̠ka̠] Forms: 夜中 [canonical] (ruby: (), (なか)), yonaka [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 夜 (yo, “night”) + 中 (naka, “middle”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|夜|中|sort=よなか|t1=night|t2=middle|tr1=yo|tr2=naka}} 夜 (yo, “night”) + 中 (naka, “middle”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|よなか}} 夜(よ)中(なか) • (yonaka)
  1. late at night, the middle of the night
    Sense id: en-夜中-ja-noun-a86FB9jK Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 56 44
  2. midnight Synonyms: 真夜中
    Sense id: en-夜中-ja-noun-Na8l9aX9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 真夜中 (mayonaka) (ruby: (), (), (なか)) (english: midnight)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ja̠t͡ɕɨː] Forms: 夜中 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ちゅう)), yachū [romanization]
Etymology: Apparently from Middle Chinese 夜中 (MC yaeH trjuwng). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=やちゅう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|夜中|id=1,1}} 夜中 (MC yaeH trjuwng) Head templates: {{ja-noun|やちゅう}} 夜(や)中(ちゅう) • (yachū)
  1. nighttime, the night, the period of time during the night
    Sense id: en-夜中-ja-noun-pJ~ML79u Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 1 1 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 0 0 36 37 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 48 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 1 47 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 1 47 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 7 8 44 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 2 2 47 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 1 46 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [jo̞ʑɨː] Forms: 夜中 [canonical] (ruby: (), (じゅう)), yojū [romanization], yodyuu [romanization], よぢゆう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 夜 (yo, “night”) + 中 (jū, “during, throughout”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|夜|中|sort=よじゅう|t1=night|t2=during, throughout|tr1=yo|tr2=jū}} 夜 (yo, “night”) + 中 (jū, “during, throughout”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|よじゅう|hhira=よぢゆう}} 夜(よ)中(じゅう) • (yojū) ^(←よぢゆう (yodyuu)?)
  1. the entire night, the period of time throughout the night
    Sense id: en-夜中-ja-noun-4rOxPwO9 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 1 1 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 0 0 36 37 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 48 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 1 47 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 1 47 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 7 8 44 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 2 2 47 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 1 46 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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Download raw JSONL data for 夜中 meaning in Japanese (5.0kB)

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  "title": "夜中",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "夜中"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "夜中",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.