"真っ只中" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ma̠t̚ta̠da̠na̠ka̠] Forms: 真っ只中 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ただ), (なか)), mattadanaka [romanization]
Etymology: 真っ (ma'-, “truly”) + 只 (tada, “only”) + 中 (naka, “middle”) Etymology templates: {{af|ja|真っ|只|中|t1=truly|t2=only|t3=middle|tr1=ma'-|tr2=tada|tr3=naka}} 真っ (ma'-, “truly”) + 只 (tada, “only”) + 中 (naka, “middle”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|まっただなか}} 真(ま)っ只(ただ)中(なか) • (mattadanaka)
  1. (of a place) right in the middle of Synonyms: 真ん中
    Sense id: en-真っ只中-ja-noun-SQAzFxpv Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with 真っ, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 真っ: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50
  2. (of an event) right in the midst of Synonyms: 真っ最中
    Sense id: en-真っ只中-ja-noun-uSY~6x3n Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with 真っ, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 真っ: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50

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