~中 (during/in the middle of)

grammar

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The suffix ~中 (read ちゅう), attached to a noun or verbal noun to mark an action or state currently in progress: 工事中 ('under construction'), 会議中 ('in a meeting'), 急上昇中 ('currently rapidly rising'), 検査中 ('being inspected'). Read ちゅう in active-progress compounds; the lexicalized 世界中-style 'throughout' compounds are read じゅう (a separate sense, tagged separately).

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