JLPT N5 vocabulary

中: meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

なか1Atamadaka · high start

Meaning

  1. inside, interior
  2. among, within
  3. middle, center
  4. during, while, in the midst of
  5. interval, gap
  6. mean, average
  7. second (of three, e.g. sons or volumes), middle
  8. medium grade, medium quality
  9. red-light district (archaic)
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Example sentences

  1. 有名ゆうめいな人ひとの中なかで、誰だれと会いあたい?

    Which famous person do you want to meet?

  2. 兄あには成績せいせき優秀ゆうしゅうで、学年がくねんの中なかで一番いちばんだ。

    My older brother's grades are excellent: he's at the top of his school year.

  3. 教室きょうしつの中なかで食べ物た|ものを食べたないでください。

    Please do not eat in the classroom.