中ちゅう葉よう

noun, adverb

middle period; mid- (era)

Used to refer to the middle part of a historical era or period, often in formal or written contexts. Can function as a noun or adverbially.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい中ちゅう葉ようにこの制せい度どが確かく立りつした。

  This system was established in the middle of the Edo period.

noun

middle lobe (right lung); median lobe (prostate)

Anatomical term. Refers specifically to the middle lobe of the right lung or the median lobe of the prostate.

• 右う肺はいの中ちゅう葉ように影かげが見みつかった。

  A shadow was found in the middle lobe of the right lung.