中（なか）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: inside / middle
Example sentences
- かばんの中に財布と鍵がある。 — There's a wallet and keys inside the bag.
- この箱の中には何も入っていない。 — There's nothing inside this box.
Idioms & proverbs containing “中”
- 中途半端 (ちゅうとはんぱ) — halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked; half-cocked; half-hearted; half-arsed; half-assed
- 嚢中の錐 (のうちゅうのきり) — cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through)
- 忙中閑あり (ぼうちゅうかんあり) — there are brief moments of leisure even when at one's busiest
- 麻の中の蓬 (あさのなかのよもぎ) — nurture beats nature; keep good men company, and you shall be of the number; a mugwort amongst hemp (will grow straight, like the hemp)
- 万緑叢中紅一点 (ばんりょくそうちゅうこういってん) — one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men
- 卑下も自慢の中 (ひげもじまんのうち) — taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride
Antonyms
- そと (そと)
- よそ (よそ)
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “中” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)