JAPANESE STUDY SYSTEMKOTOWA 词和
N5 — N1
READING CONTROL
Vocabulary collection7,811
Kanji collection2,383
SOURCE SELECTOR
Grammar collection0526
SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

最さい中ちゅう

N3
さいちゅう saichuu
  1. in the middle of
noun

Chinese meanings

正当……的时候

Examples

  • 彼かれはスピーチの最さい中ちゅうに気きを失うしなった。
    He fainted in the midst of his speech.
    他演讲途中失去了意识。
  • 彼かの女じょはきゅうりを切きっている最さい中ちゅうだった。
    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"
  }
}