山中

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
山	中
やま Grade: 1	なか Grade: 1
kun'yomi

山(やま) (yama, “mountains; woods”) + 中(なか) (naka, “inside, middle”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やまなか [yàmánáká] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠na̠ka̠]

Noun

山(やま)中(なか) • (yamanaka)

in the mountains or woods

Proper noun

山(やま)中(なか) • (Yamanaka)

a place name, such as that of Lake Yamanaka
a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
山	中
さん Grade: 1	ちゅう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さんちゅう [sáꜜǹchùù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [sã̠ɲ̟t͡ɕɨː]

Noun

山(さん)中(ちゅう) • (sanchū)

in the mountains or woods

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN