| Word form | man’naka |
| Original script | 真ん中 |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | Also “naka” |
| Comments on word | Original form manaka, current form attested in 1120. |
| Analyzability | analyzable derived |
| Gloss | ma-naka EMPH-middle |
| Age | Late Old Japanese [21] (794–1185) |
| Lexical stratum | wago |
| Year | 970 |
| Register | General |