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Throughout A; all over A; during the course of A
Action covers an entire time period or area (and not just a single time/location)

  1. Throughout A; all over A; during the course of A
    Action covers an entire time period or area (and not just a single time/location)
  2. During A (period of time); in the middle of A
    Usually refers to something happening in the middle of a period of time A (and not over the entire span of that period)
  3. Action A is currently ongoing/in the middle of
    Shows a state that A is currently happening.
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今 週 中 に 宿 題 を してきて ください 。 
Please do the homework during this week.
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今 学 期 中 に 、 本 を 100 冊 読 み た い です 。 
I want to read a hundred books this semester.
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来 週 中 に 、 雪 が 降 る そう だ よ 。 
They say it'll snow during next week.
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この パズル 難 し く て 、 一 日 中 頑 張 っ て も 解 け な か っ た の 。 
This puzzle is hard; even though I kept at it all day I couldn't solve it.
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川 上 君 、 終 電 逃 し て 、 一 晩 中 歩 い て 帰 っ た ん だって 。 
I heard Mr. Kawakami missed the last train and spent all night walking home.

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Construction
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ANoun (Location,Period)
中/じゅう
Basic Examples:
日本中 (throughout Japan)

Related Expressions
ところ
中/中
Where this grammar is found
renshuu schedule packs: N5 Grammar pack
JLPT N5 / Beginner: Times (に and 時)
Beginner Grammar (N5): 6. Time Expressions


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During A (period of time); in the middle of A
Usually refers to something happening in the middle of a period of time A (and not over the entire span of that period)

  1. Throughout A; all over A; during the course of A
    Action covers an entire time period or area (and not just a single time/location)
  2. During A (period of time); in the middle of A
    Usually refers to something happening in the middle of a period of time A (and not over the entire span of that period)
  3. Action A is currently ongoing/in the middle of
    Shows a state that A is currently happening.
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6 月 中 の 日 本 は 雨 ばかり 降 っ て い ま す 。 
It does nothing but rain in Japan throughout June.

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Construction
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ANoun (period of time)
中/ちゅう
Basic Examples:
会議中 (during a meeting)

Notes
Note that this is the ちゅう form of the kanji 中.
Related Expressions
ところ
中/中
Where this grammar is found
JLPT N4 / Intermediate: Noun suffixes ②


User notes
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there are certain terms that use ちゅう and others that use じゅう - be careful not to mix them up! For example, the following almost always use じゅう rather than ちゅう: 一年　一日 間
11 years ago
avatar mysticfive - Level 959
 
Action A is currently ongoing/in the middle of
Shows a state that A is currently happening.

  1. Throughout A; all over A; during the course of A
    Action covers an entire time period or area (and not just a single time/location)
  2. During A (period of time); in the middle of A
    Usually refers to something happening in the middle of a period of time A (and not over the entire span of that period)
  3. Action A is currently ongoing/in the middle of
    Shows a state that A is currently happening.
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部 長 は 今 、 来 客 中 です 。 
The head director is currently with guests.
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仕 事 中 に 話 し 掛 け な い で ！ 
Don't talk at work!
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こら 、 騒 が な い の 、 食 事 中 でしょ ！ 
Hey, don't make a racket, we're in the middle of eating!

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Construction
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AVerb: Stem
 
ANoun
 
 
中/ちゅう
Basic Examples:
話し中 (currently talking (usually on the phone))

Related Expressions
ところ
中/中
Where this grammar is found
Nihongo So-Matome N4 (日本語総まとめ): 第１週　４日目


User notes
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the noun here is usually (but not always) either a verb stem (like 話し or 考え) or a noun that functions as a verb when する is added (like 勉強 or 準備)
10 years ago
avatar mysticfive - Level 959

Discussion about this grammar
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beckyr16
Years Studied: 8
Studying: JLPT N2
Level: 1, 好 : 171
Should this one have furigana ちゅう instead of じゅう?
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12 years ago
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マイコー
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It can actually be either, depending on what follows it. ちゅう is more common, though, so I'll change it to that and add a note about じゅう。 Thanks!
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12 years ago
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beckyr16
Years Studied: 8
Studying: JLPT N2
Level: 1, 好 : 171
Is the difference that じゅう is for time words and ちゅう is for something else? Or can you just use them completely interchangeably?
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12 years ago
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マイコー
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After doing some research, the difference is a bit more complicated than I expected.

*Usually*, ちゅう refers to right when something is happening (e.g. it's in the middle of occurring). For example,

会議中(かいぎちゅう) = in the middle of the meeting

じゅう always refers to an entire period or location during which something occurs. In other words,
With a time period, じゅう shows that the action continues across the entire time period.
With a location, じゅう shows that the action encompasses the entire area/location.
一日中 (いちにちじゅう) - all day


So think of ちゅう as being a specific point, whereas じゅう covers a wide area.

* : ちゅう can also refer to the second meaning - covering an entire period of time, but I kinda get the feeling that this usage is not as common.


With this in mind, the original markings for じゅう as the main reading for this page were correct!

Source: http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/nifongo/conv/chyu.html
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12 years ago (Edited 12 years ago.)
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mysticfive
Years Studied: since 2000
Studying: 自分のため、日本語教師だから
Level: 959, 好 : 5,017
a lot of the sentences here look like they're for ~ちゅう rather than ~じゅう... is there a separate page for　~ちゅう? Maybe it should be added as a different usage (or have the pages merged) to clear up the difference in nuance?
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11 years ago
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マイコー
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Added a second page here, tell me what you think!
http://www.renshuu.org/index.php?page=grammar/individual&id=677
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11 years ago
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mysticfive
Years Studied: since 2000
Studying: 自分のため、日本語教師だから
Level: 959, 好 : 5,017
hmm, thinking about this, I'd almost think it'd be better to have this page an the ちゅう page as one page with all the usages on it - it might be easier to understand that way?
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10 years ago
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マイコー
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Done!
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10 years ago
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北の侍
Years Studied: 1
Studying: N３
Level: 1, 好 : 119
Not a log of examples for じょう. Quite confusing actually.
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8 years ago
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htatsuha
Years Studied: Too many
Studying: Random things
Level: 910, 好 : 687
The notes for the second grammar point specify that it uses the ちゅう reading, not じゅう, but none of the example sentences provided use that reading. Either the sentences or the grammar description should be fixed.
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4 years ago
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マイコー
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Two of the three sentences belonged in the top meaning!
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4 years ago



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