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を中心に

centred on N; with N at the heart of it

このまちえき中心ちゅうしん発展はってんしてきた。

kono machi wa ekiochuushinni hatten shite kita.

This town has grown up centred on the station. neutral

このアプリ、わか中心ちゅうしんにはやってるらしいよ。

kono apuri, wakai ko o chuushin ni hayatteru rashii yo.

Apparently this app is catching on mostly among younger kids. casual

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Examples

centred on N — an activity, a discussion or a spread gathers around N, which may be a person, a place or a topic

このまちえき中心ちゅうしん発展はってんしてきた。

kono machi wa ekiochuushinni hatten shite kita.

This town has grown up centred on the station. neutral

このアプリ、わか中心ちゅうしんにはやってるらしいよ。

kono apuri, wakai ko o chuushin ni hayatteru rashii yo.

Apparently this app is catching on mostly among younger kids. casual

会議かいぎでは、来年度らいねんど予算よさん中心ちゅうしんはなった。

kaigi de wa, rainendo no yosan o chuushin ni hanashiatta.

At the meeting we talked mainly about next year's budget. neutral

ほん事業じぎょうは、地元じもと企業きぎょう中心ちゅうしんとしてすすめてまいります。

hon jigyou wa, jimoto no kigyou o chuushin to shite susumete mairimasu.

We will carry this undertaking forward with local companies at its heart. formal

Formation

Variant notes

Notes

を中心に says where the weight falls, not what the whole set is —
若者わかもの中心ちゅうしんひろがった leaves plenty of room for
everyone else.

Related patterns

Similar

  • について names the whole topic and claims nothing sits outside it; を中心に names only where the weight falls and leaves the edges open — 予算よさんについてはなした covers the budget and stops there, 予算よさん中心ちゅうしんはなした says other things came up too.

  • をめぐって needs N to be contested — opinions pull against each other over it (跡地あとちをめぐって対立たいりつする) — while を中心に needs no disagreement at all and works equally for a hub everyone is happy with.

Lookalikes

  • Both read as を+noun+に and both English up as "based around", but をもとに names the RAW MATERIAL something new is built out of (証言しょうげんもと記事きじく), while を中心ちゅうしんに names the point activity gathers around and produces nothing from it.