正しょう中なか

noun

center of a Noh stage

Technical term in Noh theater; refers to the central area of the stage where the main performer often stands.

• 能のう舞ぶ台たいの正しょう中なかに立たつと、観かん客きゃくの視し線せんを一いっ身しんに集あつめる。

  When you stand at the center of the Noh stage, you draw the audience's full attention.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Shōchū era (1324.12.9-1326.4.26)

Only with reading しょうちゅう

Japanese era name during the late Kamakura period; used in historical contexts.

• 正しょう中ちゅうの変へんは、後ご醍だい醐ご天皇てんのうの討とう幕ばく計けい画かくが発はっ覚かくした事じ件けんである。

  The Shōchū Incident was an event in which Emperor Go-Daigo's plan to overthrow the shogunate was discovered.