LingakuFrequency rank: 8,145. – 8,152.
- middle of the night; dead of night
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adverb (fukushi)
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- middle of the night; dead of night
This term is used to refer to the time during the night when it is very late, typically associated with darkness and quiet, often when most people are asleep.
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よなか夜中におきる起きるto wake up in the middle of the nightよなか夜中のしずけさ静けさsilence of the nightよなか夜中にしごと仕事をするto work in the middle of the nightよなか夜中のさんぽ散歩walking in the middle of the nightよなか夜中にでんわ電話がなる鳴るto receive a phone call in the middle of the nightよなか夜中にたべる食べるto eat in the middle of the nightよなか夜中のゆめ夢dream in the middle of the nightよなか夜中にかんがえごと考え事をするto ponder things in the middle of the nightよなか夜中のまち街the town at midnightよなか夜中のどくしょ読書reading in the middle of the night
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During summer breaks, I ate dinner at midnight.
Oh, that's a secret, OK? Because slipping out of the dorm in the night is severely punished.
I heard something crashing in the kitchen in the middle of the night.
The roads were very muddy since it had rained during the night.
Now the lights of the city were bright and very close, and the streetlights shone all night.
We may miss the next bus but at any rate we'll be there before midnight.
We waited up for him until two o'clock and then finally went to bed.
I would keep waiting for you if I had to stay awake past midnight.