ちゅうおう
Meanings
Noun
1. どの端からも近くないあたり。中心となる部分や地域。真ん中。
2. 中心となっている重要な部分。
組織などで
3. 政府のある土地。首府、首都。多くは地方の行政庁などに対比して用いられる。
Kanji used
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Pitch accent
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Top 1700
Composed of
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
middle; centre; center
Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
centre; center; middle
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
(highway) median; median strip; central reservation
central control room; main control room
central government ministries and agencies
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
Central African Republic
central government agencies; central bureaucracy
central organization; central authority; central government agency
horse racing operated by the Japan Racing Association
central broadcasting station; central radio station; central television station
Central Labor Relations Committee
central control room; main control room
centralized planning; centralised planning
mid-ocean ridge; midocean ridge
Examples (15 in total)
The library is in the center of the city.
There is a pond in the middle of the park.
Tom stood in the middle of the room.