夜や半はん

noun

middle of the night; dead of night

Refers to the late-night hours when it is quiet and dark; often used in literary or descriptive contexts.

• 夜や半はんに目めが覚さめて、それから眠ねむれなかった。

  I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't get back to sleep.

• 夜や半はんの静しずけさが好すきだ。

  I like the stillness of the dead of night.