真まん中なか

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Refers to the physical or figurative center of something. Can also mean the middle of a period or the heart of a matter.

真まん中なかに立たつto stand in the middle
彼かれは部屋へやの真まん中なかに立たっていた。
He was standing in the middle of the room.
真まん中なかで分わけるto split something down the middle
ケーキを真まん中なかで分わけて食たべた。
We split the cake down the middle and ate it.
真まん中なかを通とおるto pass through the middle (of something)
道みちの真まん中なかを車くるまが通とおった。
A car passed right down the middle of the road.

中ちゅう央おうN3
中央 is a formal or official term for a center (e.g. 中央駅), while 真ん中 is the everyday word for the exact middle of something concrete.
中ちゅう心しんN3
中心 highlights the core or focal point and can be abstract (中心人物), whereas 真ん中 refers plainly to the physical middle position.
中なかほどN1
真ん中 refers to the exact center of something, while 中ほど is a looser, approximate sense of 'around the middle'.
中なかN5
真ん中 specifies the exact center of something, whereas 中 can mean the inside, middle, or a looser 'somewhere in there' area.

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中ちゅう間かんN2
真ん中 is a concrete, everyday word for the physical center of something, while 中間 is more abstract and can refer to a point between two extremes or stages.
中ちゅう部ぶ
真ん中 is the common, casual word for the very middle, whereas 中部 is a more formal term for a middle section or region.

端はしN2
端 means the edge or end of something, the opposite of 真ん中, which is the middle.
端はしっこ
真ん中 means the middle or center, the direct opposite of 端っこ which means the end or edge.

真まん前まえN1
真ん前 sounds similar to 真ん中 but means directly in front of something, not the middle.

ど真まん中なか
right in the center; dead center; exact middle
真まん中なかっ子こ
middle child
真まん中なか分わけ
center part; middle part; hair parted down the center · center-parted bangs; curtains · hair intakes
真まん真まん中なか
dead center; right in the middle

真まん中なかUsage81%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and everyday use.
まん中なかUsage10%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; not a standard written form.
まんなかUsage9%
マンナカUsage<1%

Developed from earlier まなか, formed from the intensifying prefix 真 and 中; assimilation produced the modern pronunciation まんなか.