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Home N3 Grammar Pattern List 〜うちに／〜ないうちに

N3

〜うちに／〜ないうちに

Meaning

Expresses doing another action without missing the chance, while a certain state continues. "〜ないうちに" means doing something while a state has not yet occurred, in order to act before it becomes too late. It focuses on the time span before a state changes.

Examples
  1. 熱いうちに召し上がってください Please eat it while it is still hot.
  2. 明るいうちに家へ帰ろう Let us go home while it is still light.
  3. 忘れないうちにメモしておく I will jot it down before I forget.
  4. 雨が降らないうちに洗濯物を取り込んだ I brought in the laundry before it started raining.
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