中

ambulatory vending of snacks in a theater or stadium (theatre)

mid-sized store

middle-class brothel (in a red-light district)

being in the middle; being impartial; standing between two things

Physics

central force

go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator

Obsolete term

person of middling ability, talent, etc.; average person

Obsolete term

middle-class person

Mahjong

red dragon tile

midrib; rachis

Abbreviation

private junior high school

front of center field; front of centre field

medium-sized city; mid-size city

core city (administrative division for cities with a population of over 300,000)

string loincloth; G-string

ready-made meal; home meal replacement; HMR

Emphatic form of 夜中

dead of night; middle of the night

Chinese philosophy

closing mid-way

taking a break mid-way through an event, sometimes with ceremonial hand-clapping

Grammar; E.g. 沈み in 日が沈み、月が昇る

use of the continuative form as a conjunction (in Japanese)

Greater China (incl. Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and sometimes Singapore); Sinosphere

under development; in progress

neutral paper; acid-free paper; alkaline paper; archival paper

Buddhism

bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days)

half-soled straw sandals; straw sandals which are designed only for the front half of the foot

Central and Eastern Europe

Slang; Abbreviation; From ヒロポン+中毒

drug addict (esp. stimulants)