How to say "among" in Japanese

• 中でもなかでもCommon
  expression, adverbPicks out one item from a group as especially noteworthy — 'among (other things), this one stands out.' It works adverbially, pointing back to a group already mentioned rather than naming the group itself.
  私は夢ゆめの中なかでも踊おどっていたと思おもいます。↗

  I think I was dancing in my sleep.
• 中にもなかにもCommon
  expression, adverbWorks much like 中でも: it singles out one member of a group as especially remarkable — 'among them, this in particular.' Reach for it when highlighting the standout case among several.
• 中なかJLPT N5approx.Common
  noun, adverbCovers 'among' as simple membership within a group: choosing the best among one's classmates, or a rumor spreading among the students. It names the group that something sits in.
  これらの商品しょうひんの中なかから１つ選えらびなさい。↗

  Choose one from among these products.
• 間かんCommon
  noun, suffix, adverbCovers 'among' when the emphasis falls on the relationship among the members — cooperation among colleagues, tension among rivals. It also serves 'between', so think of it as marking parties linked to one another.
  男女だんじょ間かんに不均等ふきんとうが存在そんざいすることは許ゆるされるべきではない。↗

  No inequality should be allowed to exist between men and women.
• 中ちゅうJLPT N3approx.Common
  suffixThis is the counting sense of 'among': a share out of a stated total, as in three among ten people. It suits figures and proportions rather than describing life inside a group.
  空気くうき中ちゅうのごく小ちいさい粒子りゅうしがガンのもとになり得うる。↗

  Tiny particles in the air can cause cancer.

Use 「中でも」 or 「中にも」 to single out one member of a group as especially notable, 中（なか） for membership within a group, 間 for relations among parties, and 中（ちゅう） for proportions out of a total.

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• 中でもなかでもamong (other things)
• 中にもなかにもamong (other things)
• 中にはなかにはamong (them)
• 中なかamong
• うちamong
• 間かんamong
• 中ちゅうin
• 間あいだamong (a group)