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中なかを

なかをnaka oN3formal

continue + amid — a formal opener naming a state you carry on through

tsuzuku naka o

amid — a formal opener naming a state you carry on through

meaning: through continuing

Same meaning

  • 続つづく
  • 〜中なかを
  • 続つづく中なかを

本日ほんじつはお忙いそがしい中なかをご出席しゅっせきいただき、誠まことにありがとうございます。

honjitsu wa oisogashii naka o go shusseki itadaki, makoto ni arigatou gozaimasu.

Thank you very much for attending today despite your busy schedule. formal

雨あめの降ふる中なかを、傘かさも差ささずに歩あるいて帰かえった。

ame no furu naka o, kasa mo sasazu ni aruite kaetta.

I walked all the way home through the pouring rain without even an umbrella. neutral

Same meaning6

while doing

All examples3

amid — names a state (busy, bad weather) the sentence carries on within

  1. 本日ほんじつはお忙いそがしい中なかをご出席しゅっせきいただき、誠まことにありがとうございます。

    honjitsu wa oisogashii naka o go shusseki itadaki, makoto ni arigatou gozaimasu.

    Thank you very much for attending today despite your busy schedule. formal

  2. 嵐あらしの中なかを、船ふねは港みなとへと進すすんだ。

    arashi no naka o, fune wa minato e to susunda.

    The ship pressed on toward the harbour through the storm. neutral

  3. 雨あめの降ふる中なかを、傘かさも差ささずに歩あるいて帰かえった。

    ame no furu naka o, kasa mo sasazu ni aruite kaetta.

    I walked all the way home through the pouring rain without even an umbrella. neutral

How it's formed3

All forms1

  • 中なかnakaalternant

    続つづく中なか

    Plain 中なか is the everyday choice (お忙いそがしい中なか、ご出席しゅっせきいただき). を adds a "pushed through it" feel, wanting a verb of motion after.

Notes

The state takes three shapes: adjective, ongoing verb, or noun＋の
(嵐あらしの中なかを). を wants a verb of motion after it; bare 中なか doesn't.