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Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

さいちゅう

さいちゅう 最中 最中に 副詞 〖動作の 〗in the middle of …, ⦅やや書 ⦆ in the midst of ; 【間に 】during ; 暑さ 人気 戦いなどの 〗at the height of .▸ 朝食の最中に電話がかかってきた There was a telephone call in the middle of breakfast . (!call 以下は while I was having breakfast の方が普通 ) ▸ 彼らはあらしの最中に出航した They set sail in the middle of [at the height of ] the storm .▸ 稲刈りで忙しい最中に父が病に倒れた My father came down with a disease when we were busiest harvesting rice .