〜うちに

import { getGrammarById } from 'kotowa';
getGrammarById('uchi-ni');

{
  "id": "uchi-ni",
  "pattern": "〜うちに",
  "romaji": "uchi ni",
  "level": "N3",
  "meaning": "while (before it changes); before it's too late; in the course of",
  "formation": "Verb-dict / Verb-te + いる / Verb-nai / i-Adj / na-Adj + な / Noun + の + うちに",
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "若いうちに、いろいろな国を旅行したほうがいい。",
      "furigana": "{若|わか}いうちに、いろいろな{国|くに}を{旅行|りょこう}したほうがいい。",
      "en": "You should travel to lots of countries while you're young."
    },
    {
      "ja": "スープが冷めないうちに、どうぞ召し上がってください。",
      "furigana": "スープが{冷|さ}めないうちに、どうぞ{召|め}し{上|あ}がってください。",
      "en": "Please have your soup before it gets cold."
    },
    {
      "ja": "音楽を聞いているうちに、いつの間にか眠ってしまった。",
      "furigana": "{音楽|おんがく}を{聞|き}いているうちに、いつの{間|ま}にか{眠|ねむ}ってしまった。",
      "en": "While I was listening to music, I fell asleep before I knew it."
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "time",
    "simultaneity"
  ],
  "notes": "Do something while a condition lasts, before it changes; or a change that happens unnoticed during an activity. Compare 〜間に, which marks a fixed period without that urgency.",
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "6c9122d1fe1b49ffbc78e17954423de4d7e3f66689cf30d158aad2d75819fae0",
    "meanings": [
      "趁着",
      "在……期间"
    ],
    "formation": "动词辞书形／ている形／ない形／い形容词普通形／な形容词词干＋な／名词＋の＋うちに",
    "explanation": "表示趁状态尚未改变时行动，或在持续过程中发生变化。",
    "notes": "前者常带有时机可能消失的意味。",
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "若いうちに、いろいろな国を旅行したほうがいい。",
        "zh": "趁年轻最好去不同国家旅行。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "スープが冷めないうちに、どうぞ召し上がってください。",
        "zh": "请趁汤还没凉喝吧。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "音楽を聞いているうちに、いつの間にか眠ってしまった。",
        "zh": "听着音乐，不知不觉就睡着了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "sources/grammar/n3.json#uchi-ni",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "99033871a69fc8fed6fa01882b294bfedc107bf25db4bbf9927e1070b8eaf6b6"
  }
}