Word Meaning 夜中

よなか yonaka

夜中 is read as よなか (yonaka) and means middle of the night.

Meaning

English

  1. middle of the night
  2. dead of night

Reading

Kana

よなか

Romaji

yonaka

Writing Variants

  • 夜なか よなか yonaka

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 日中,昼中 Related Words ,,ナイト,夜間,夜分,深夜,深更,夜々中 Rank 4887 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

夜夜中

よるよなか

dead of night

夜間中学

やかんちゅうがく

evening middle school

真夜中

まよなか

dead of night

小夜中

さよなか

midnight

中夜

ちゅうや

winter solstice

dinner

夜行

やこう

night train

夜間

やかん

night

夜明け

よあけ

dawn

夜空

よぞら

night sky

夜学

やがく

night study

夜半

よわ

midnight

Example Sentences

10

よなかにでんわがなった。

The phone rang in the middle of the night.

It's midday.

It's midnight.

It was after midnight.

It's midnight already.

It's two o'clock in the morning.

Tom arrived at midnight.

All cats are grey in the dark.

We woke up after midnight.

She called me in the middle of the night.