Illustration: On the shaded veranda of a Japanese apartment, a parent distributes homemade ice pops straight from an open insulated bag. Summer heat has already rounded their edges, and a drop slides down one child's fingers.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

うち

uchi

while, before

〜うちに often means while a situation still holds. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 天気てんきがいい内うちに、洗濯せんたくをしています。

    I’m doing the laundry while the weather is good.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 明あかるい内うちにテントを張はってしまおう。

    Let’s put up the tent while it is still light.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. あまり遠とおくに行いかない内うちににわか雨あめにあった。

    We had not gone far before we were caught in a shower.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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