► 名詞
最中 [(1)さいちゅう] meaning: middle rank: 2
☆ 彼は今お客さんに会っている最中だ ⇨ He is having a meeting with a customer right now
最中 [(1)さなか] [liter] meaning: middle rank: 3
☆ お忙しい最中御越し頂いて本当に有難うございます ⇨ Thank you very much for coming when you are very busy
More examples:
- 彼は仕事の最中に悲報を受け取った ⇨ He received sad news (about someone’s death) while at work
- 葬儀の最中あちこちから噎び泣きが聞こえた ⇨ During the funeral you could hear muffled crying from everywhere
- 彼女は小説の原案に肉付けをしている最中だ ⇨ She is in the middle of fleshing out the basic idea of her novel
- 手術の真っ最中に地震が起こった ⇨ There was an earthquake right in the middle of an operation
- 葬儀の最中あちこちから噎び泣く声が聞こえた ⇨ During the funeral you could hear muffled crying from everywhere
- 彼はコロナ禍の最中にマスクを売って荒稼ぎした ⇨ He made tons of money selling masks during COVID pandemic
- シコっている真っ最中にお母さんが部屋に入ってきた ⇨ Mom entered my room when I was right in the middle of jerking off