midnight

午前零時、真夜中

一日が終わり、次の日が始まる夜の十二時。

やさしい英語で： Twelve o’clock at night, when one day ends and the next begins.

• We got home at midnight.
• The clock struck midnight as the party ended.
• Will you still be awake after midnight?

使い方： at midnight (The last bus leaves at midnight.)

反対語： noon

よく使う表現： at midnight, after midnight, midnight train

真夜中、夜半

日没から日の出までの時間のちょうど真ん中。

やさしい英語で： The point halfway between sunset and sunrise.

• Solar midnight falls halfway between sunset and sunrise.
• The sun is farthest below the horizon at local midnight.
• In this calculation, midnight depends on sunset and sunrise times.

類義語： middle of the night

よく使う表現： solar midnight, local midnight