How to say "midst" in Japanese

• 真っ最中まっさいちゅうCommon
  nounRight in the middle of an activity or event that is in full swing — its very height: dinner, a meeting, preparations. The most common of the three.
  私はコンサートの真最中まっさいちゅうに劇場げきじょうを出でなければならなかった。↗

  I had to leave the theatre in the middle of the concert.
• 真っ只中まっただなか
  nounDead center: the very middle of a place, or the heart of a situation such as confusion or a crisis. The 真っ adds emphasis, and the word is less common than 真っ最中.
  彼かれらは町まちの騒音そうおんの真っただ中まっただなかにいる。↗

  They are amid the city noises.
• 只中ただなか
  nounThe midst of something like a storm, or the peak of a season — the height of it. The bare form of 真っ只中, without the emphatic 真っ, and itself less common.

Use 「真っ最中」 for the height of an ongoing activity or event, 「真っ只中」 for the dead center of a place or the heart of a situation, and 只中 for the midst of a storm or the peak of a season.

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• 真っ最中まっさいちゅうright in the middle (of)
• 真っ只中まっただなかdead center
• 只中ただなかmidst (e.g. of a storm)
• 中なかduring