1.
broad daylight; middle of the day
in the middle of the day when it is fully light out, often emphasizing that something happened openly or brazenly
昼日中に泥棒が入った。
A burglar broke in in broad daylight.
昼日中から酒を飲んでいる。
He's been drinking since the middle of the day.
昼日中の繁華街でそんなことをするなんて信じられない。
I can't believe someone would do that in a busy downtown area in broad daylight.
Emphasizes that something happens during the daytime, often carrying a tone of surprise or disapproval — the idea that the action is brazen because it occurs openly rather than under cover of darkness.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 昼日中に犯行に及ぶ: to commit a crime in broad daylight
- 昼日中から飲む: to drink starting from midday
- 昼日中の出来事: something that happened in broad daylight
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 白昼: broad daylight — more formal and literary; often used in compounds like 白昼堂々 (brazenly in daylight)
- 真昼: midday, noon — neutral time reference without the connotation of brazenness
- 日中: daytime — neutral term for the hours of daylight