~の中 (inside, within)

grammar

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The construction [noun]+の中, 'in / inside / within X.' Spatially literal (箱の中 'inside the box', 部屋の中 'inside the room', 鏡の中 'inside the mirror') or metaphorical (雨の中 'in the rain', 暗闇の中 'in the dark', 心の中 'inside the heart'). Combine with の to attribute, に to mark static location, or で for location of action. With path-traversed motion verbs takes を: 雨の中を歩く ('walk in/through the rain').

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She wouldn't let the children go out in the rain.

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She looked at herself in the mirror.

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She wouldn't let her child go out in the rain.

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She might have left her umbrella on the bus.

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