夜中

よなか

midnight, dead of night

What does 夜中 mean?

夜中 is a Japanese noun meaning midnight, dead of night in English. It is written as 夜中 in kanji, よなか in hiragana, and yonaka in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

私は夜中に3度目が覚めた。

I awoke three times in the night.