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日中 (にっちゅう, nitchuu) Japanese meaning: daytime | Kotomora
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朝あさ
晩ばん
は
涼すず
しく
なり
まし
た
。
It's still hot during the day, but mornings and evenings have become cooler.
He studies in the library all day long.
Usage patterns 日にっ 中ちゅう は 〈 形けい 容よう 詞し 〉 it is [adjective] during the day
It's hot during the day, but it cools down at night.
日にっ 中ちゅう 〈 事こと 〉 Japan-China [relations/trade/etc.]
I wonder how Japan-China relations will develop from here.
日にっ 中ちゅう に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something during the daytime
Let's get our errands done during the day.
Related words 日中 and 昼間 both mean 'daytime', but 日中 sounds slightly more formal or written, while 昼間 is the everyday spoken word.
日中 and 中日 both mean 'China and Japan/Sino-Japanese', but 日中 is the more common everyday term while 中日 tends to appear in more formal or set compounds like 中日辞典.
Opposites 夜間 means 'nighttime', the direct opposite of 日中 in its 'daytime' sense.
日中 means 'during the daytime', the direct opposite of 夜中 (やちゅう) 'during the night'.
日中 refers to the daytime hours, the direct opposite of 深夜, which refers to the late-night hours after midnight.
Don't confuse with 日中 refers to Japan and China, while 日韓 refers to Japan and South Korea; learners often mix up which country pair each 日-compound denotes.
日米 refers to Japan-US relations, whereas 日中 uses the same formation to mean Japan-China, so the second kanji is the key distinguishing element.
Etymology Compound of 日 (にち, 'sun, day') and 中 (ちゅう, 'middle, during'). The 'daytime' sense derives from 'during the day', while the 'Japan-China' sense is an abbreviation of 日本 (にほん, Japan) and 中国 (ちゅうごく, China).
