Word Meaning 真夜中

まよなか mayonaka

真夜中 is read as まよなか (mayonaka) and means dead of night.

Meaning

English

  1. dead of night
  2. midnight

Reading

Kana

まよなか

Romaji

mayonaka

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Antonyms 真っ昼間,真昼 Rank 5903 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

真ん中

まんなか

middle

真中

まなか

middle

真っ最中

まっさなか

right in the middle (of)

真ん中っ子

まんなかっこ

middle child

夜中

よなか

middle of the night

ど真中

どまんなか

right in the center (centre)

小夜中

さよなか

midnight

夜中

やちゅう

during the night

夜中

よじゅう

all night

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

Example Sentences

10

まよなかにでんわがなった。

The phone rang at midnight.

It's midday.

It's midnight.

Tom arrived at midnight.

She called me in the middle of the night.

Tom woke up in the middle of the night.

He rang me up at midnight.

Tom got home after midnight.

The incident took place at midnight.

She called me in the middle of the night.