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うち
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. inside; within
2. while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of
3. among; amongst; (out) of; between
as 〜のうち
Noun
Usually written in kana
4. in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success)
also 裡, 裏; as 〜のうちに after a noun representing a state or condition
5. within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts
Adjective (の)
Noun
Usually written in kana
6. we; our company; our organization
7. one's home; one's family
also 家
Noun
8. my spouse; my husband; my wife
9. signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife
in a letter after the husband's name
Pronoun
Usually written in kana
Kansai-ben
10. I; me
primarily used by women and children
Archaic
Noun
11. imperial palace grounds
12. emperor
Alt. forms
うち
84%
内うち
13%
ウチ
2%
中うち
Pitch accent
う
ち
Top 200
Used in: 6361
Used in vocabulary (130 in total)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
we
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Examples (200 in total)
Won't you come over to my place?
He's our third son.
Where's my kid?
My children are at school.
We're looking for our cat.
Let's eat while the food is warm.
Come to my office.
I'm studying English at home.
Luck is a part of life.
Welcome to our home!
I'll go home by taxi.
My cat is black.
Eat it before it gets cold.
My mother is active.
My garden is a mess.
Enjoy life while you may.
No one's living in the house next door.
My parents are still young.
Which is the heavier of the two?
My house is small and cramped.
My dog can swim quite well.
Do it right now, before you forget.
Let's go out before it gets hot.
My dog is afraid of thunder.
I'll call you in a couple of days.
You are welcomed in our class.
My grandmother lives by herself.
Our cat is in the kitchen.
Let's eat before the food gets cold.
One of you is lying.
Our children are independent of us.
We don't have sugar.
None of them are present.
Won't you come to my house next Sunday?
Our parents live right across the street from us.
My house is old and ugly.
How about staying at my place this evening?
The roses are in bloom in our garden.
Our car broke down last night.
One of the answers is correct.
My children try hard to get up early.
Our car is equipped with air conditioning.
She wanted to return home, but she got lost.
"Kina-chan" is our cat's nickname.
I can see Mt. Fuji from my house.
She is the younger of the two.
Can you find the time to play with our daughter?
A great number of people were killed in a moment.
I had to choose between the two.
Which of them is your brother?
My cat and dog get along.
One of us will have to go.
There has been a lot of sickness in my family this winter.
My house isn't near the station.
We have three televisions in our house.
Customers stopped coming to our shop.
This is the cheaper of the two.
There is a small pond in our garden.
As we were having a conversation, time passed.
Any of you can do it.
Some of them are my friends.
My son can count up to a hundred now.
My little brother says that he had a dreadful dream last night.
Which is the more expensive of the two?
I am the oldest of the three.
You must not get off the train before it stops.
My house is old and dilapidated.
My family had many debts.
Our baby is not yet articulate.
Our cow doesn't give us any milk.
One of them is a spy.
The report was sent within the same day.
My wife hates cats.
I called home, but no one was there.
Some of them have committed suicide.
I planted an apple tree in my garden.
My elder sister was a delinquent in junior high school.
Eat your soup while it is hot.
All the family have breakfast on the balcony.
We have four bedrooms upstairs.
Ken is the youngest of the four.
Spring is my favourite of the four seasons.
Which of you will try it first?
My cousin works in a shop near our home.
Mr. White's yard is large.
We have a good heating system.
Where I live, we have snow in January.
This is by far the better of the two.
I couldn't understand him at first.
I like him best of all the teachers.
One of the girls was left behind.
None of their promises have been kept.
While reading a book, he fell asleep.
You may choose any of them.
I arrived at the village before dark.
Which of those girls do you like?
All of my children went to good universities.
Which of them can sing better?
This TV set is the best of all.
She cleaned her room before her guests arrived.
Every time I went to his house, he was not at home.
This is the most interesting book of all.
It might rain before evening.
A student from America lives near my house.
My daughter has reached a marriageable age.
Neither of those books is interesting.
Winter is the coldest season of the year.
I'm going to write down their names before I forget them.
Who's going to look after our dog?
We pitched our tents before it got dark.
I fell asleep while studying at my desk.
Our children all go to the local school.
Mike is the youngest in his family.
While listening to the radio, I fell asleep.
All the members of our club, excluding me, are men.
He should get to the office in an hour.
My father gives my mother all of his salary.
My parents never let me watch TV when I was little.
They crossed to the other side while the light was red.
Our university has excellent sports facilities.
John is the taller of the two boys.
He hung up before I could say anything.
None of them were present at the meeting.
Why is my dog obsessed with squirrels?
I threw a ball to my dog and he caught it in his mouth.
Mary is the cuter of the two.
I had a party at my place last Monday evening.
I usually get home around seven o'clock.
He cut his finger in opening a can.
This dog is, so to speak, a member of our family.
My cat doesn't like it when I speak French.
My father usually leaves home while I am in bed.
Do you know any of the boys in this room?
You should return home before it gets dark.
I had not gone far before I met him.
I sold the best jewel that I had.
This is the tallest tree I have ever seen.
One of these two methods is right.
You should have listened to my warning when you had the chance.
My toothache returned in a few hours.
My father doesn't let me go out alone at night.
We have to get him to the hospital before it's too late.
Many of his friends backed his plan.
While we were doing that, another two hours passed.
I've been searching for my puppy for weeks.
Last month our twenty-year-old daughter gave birth to a baby girl.
Out of the two designs, I prefer the former to the latter.
We are to pay back the money within the week.
Hey! Your baseball just broke my window.
Someone tried to poison our dog's food.
With respect to pronunciation, he was the best of all the students.
None of the passengers escaped injury.
This is the best dictionary there is in the library.
This story is by far the most interesting of all.
I like May the best of all the months.
The flood was the greatest disaster they had ever had.
He is the shorter of the two boys.
I read a most interesting book in my library.
This is also part of your work, as I told you before.
That's the tallest tree I've ever seen.
This is the strongest dog that I have ever seen.
This is the tallest building that I have ever seen.
It was the most beautiful sight that he had ever seen in his life.
That was the most interesting novel that I had ever read.
That boy often breaks our windows with a ball.
All of the children had gone to bed before it got dark.
The taller of the two went out first.
He is the most obstinate child I have ever seen.
He is considered one of the greatest scientists in our country.
Color is the most sacred element of all visible things.
A trip to Mars may become possible in my lifetime.
We had not gone far before we saw the road blocked by a truck.
What time of year do you usually like to spend time on the beach?
I think Tom is too old to be dating my daughter.
The older of the two daughters is in college.
Someone broke into my house and ran away with all of my money.
You should have told him about it while he was here.
My kid is shy around strangers and always hides behind me.
One of his two daughters lives in Tokyo, and the other in Nara.
My children like to play on the swings in the park near my house.
While cleaning my room yesterday evening, I happened to find an old photograph of my mother.
Tell me which of the two cameras is the better one.
We are a family of five.
My daughter is three years old.
My older sister finally got married.
Ken is the taller of the two.
He is the more diligent of the two.
How many days a week do you go to school?
She will be back in less than ten minutes.
My parents don't like my girlfriend.
She brought up nine children in her life.
The bridge must be built in six months.
He is capable of running a mile in four minutes.
Only 3 out of the 98 passengers survived.
I wish to revisit England before I get too old.
None of the money is yours.
Which of these three books do you recommend?
Mother comes to stay with us at least once a month.
Out of twenty students, only one had read the book.
You may take either of the two books.