最中
N3さいちゅう saichuu
- in the middle of
noun
Chinese meanings
正当……的时候
Examples
- 彼はスピーチの最中に気を失った。He fainted in the midst of his speech.他演讲途中失去了意识。
- 彼女はきゅうりを切っている最中だった。She was right in the middle of cutting cucumbers.她正在切黄瓜。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('40b4a7cb92'); // 最中
{
"id": "40b4a7cb92",
"word": "最中",
"reading": "さいちゅう",
"romaji": "saichuu",
"meanings": [
"in the middle of"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1579210,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼はスピーチの最中に気を失った。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}はスピーチの{最中|さいちゅう}に{気|き}を{失|うしな}った。",
"en": "He fainted in the midst of his speech.",
"tatoeba_id": 113354
},
{
"ja": "彼女はきゅうりを切っている最中だった。",
"furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}はきゅうりを{切|き}っている{最中|さいちゅう}だった。",
"en": "She was right in the middle of cutting cucumbers.",
"tatoeba_id": 92972
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "d837cbfee74c3a58007e1bccd8f22d2bba8ab4ae19bf5ad8be25dfd7f0b4f362",
"meanings": [
"正当……的时候"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼はスピーチの最中に気を失った。",
"zh": "他演讲途中失去了意识。"
},
{
"ja": "彼女はきゅうりを切っている最中だった。",
"zh": "她正在切黄瓜。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/40b4a7cb92",
"JMdict ent_seq 1579210; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "e90ff69337b9bf8c4428e8d41d2b79460c2d6b10abbc24eb10c3ab56f23930c4"
}
}