Comments on: The various uses of 「中」 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/06/04/the-various-uses-of-%e3%80%8c%e4%b8%ad%e3%80%8d/ Japanese, Chinese, and a dash of Korean Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:42:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: taekk http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/06/04/the-various-uses-of-%e3%80%8c%e4%b8%ad%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-4259 taekk Tue, 19 May 2009 18:13:00 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=165#comment-4259 @Atreya That would mean within the morning and afternoon @umakk Yes, you can use both readings for some expressions but I think it makes a difference based on whether you're talking about in this case of 今月中 within the month or the whole month. More details here: http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~nifongo/conv/chyu.html @Atreya That would mean within the morning and afternoon

@umakk

Yes, you can use both readings for some expressions but I think it makes a difference based on whether you’re talking about in this case of 今月中 within the month or the whole month.

More details here: http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~nifongo/conv/chyu.html

]]> By: umakk http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/06/04/the-various-uses-of-%e3%80%8c%e4%b8%ad%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 umakk Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:48:29 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=165#comment-1085 Thanks for this entry! I aske a colleague to give more examples for the timespan~ 「じゅう」 case. He says that for words like 今年中　or 今月中　 both readings 「じゅう」　・　「ちゅう」　are used with the meaning being the same. Thanks for this entry!

I aske a colleague to give more examples for the timespan~
「じゅう」 case. He says that for words like
今年中　or 今月中　
both readings 「じゅう」　・　「ちゅう」　are used with the meaning being the same.

]]> By: Atreya http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/06/04/the-various-uses-of-%e3%80%8c%e4%b8%ad%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-1084 Atreya Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:20:39 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=165#comment-1084 Hmmm, what does 午前中 or 午後中 mean then ? (ごぜんちゅう、ごごちゅう）? Hmmm, what does 午前中 or 午後中 mean then ? (ごぜんちゅう、ごごちゅう）?

]]> By: taekk http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/06/04/the-various-uses-of-%e3%80%8c%e4%b8%ad%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 taekk Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:02:12 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=165#comment-1083 Thanks guys, I glad that you found this post useful. It did take me a while before I figured out the pattern organically. Now if there was only a pattern for 人 such as 職人 or 未亡人! Thanks guys, I glad that you found this post useful. It did take me a while before I figured out the pattern organically. Now if there was only a pattern for 人 such as 職人 or 未亡人!

]]> By: Aaron http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/06/04/the-various-uses-of-%e3%80%8c%e4%b8%ad%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 Aaron Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:50:49 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=165#comment-1082 I got both of these explanations in class, but I kept forgetting which reading was for which explanation. On top of that, my Japanese teacher is a native speaker so sometimes his explanations weren't that helpful. But now I think I've got it! I got both of these explanations in class, but I kept forgetting which reading was for which explanation. On top of that, my Japanese teacher is a native speaker so sometimes his explanations weren’t that helpful. But now I think I’ve got it!

]]> By: claytonian http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/06/04/the-various-uses-of-%e3%80%8c%e4%b8%ad%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 claytonian Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:52:36 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=165#comment-1081 It's odd that I never got the じゅう reading rules until reading this article, even though ちゅう was no problem. Oh, this non-syncretic brain of mine. Thanks! It’s odd that I never got the じゅう reading rules until reading this article, even though ちゅう was no problem. Oh, this non-syncretic brain of mine. Thanks!

]]> By: レヴァン http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/06/04/the-various-uses-of-%e3%80%8c%e4%b8%ad%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-1080 レヴァン Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:44:11 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=165#comment-1080 興味深いポストしてありがとうございます。本当に参考になるでしょう。 興味深いポストしてありがとうございます。本当に参考になるでしょう。

]]> By: qklilx http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/06/04/the-various-uses-of-%e3%80%8c%e4%b8%ad%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-1079 qklilx Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:30:09 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=165#comment-1079 I learned this a little over a year ago from a brief explanation my teacher gave me. I learned more of it at work after asking a coworker. I never fully understood quite all the details though, but this post has cleared it up for me. Interesting that it's an alternative way of saying what you're doing. I learned this a little over a year ago from a brief explanation my teacher gave me. I learned more of it at work after asking a coworker. I never fully understood quite all the details though, but this post has cleared it up for me. Interesting that it’s an alternative way of saying what you’re doing.

]]> By: David http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/06/04/the-various-uses-of-%e3%80%8c%e4%b8%ad%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-1078 David Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:38:36 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=165#comment-1078 Thanks for the explanation. I never knew what was the right pronunciation (ちゅう or じゅう）every time i saw a new word. Now i do :) Thanks for the explanation. I never knew what was the right pronunciation (ちゅう or じゅう）every time i saw a new word. Now i do :)

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