内ない

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Meanings

Suffix attached to nouns indicating a time period, range, or group to mean 'within that scope'. Often used in formal or written contexts. Antonym: 外 (がい).

Antonyms: 外

今こん週しゅう内ないにレポートを提てい出しゅつしてください。
Please submit the report within this week.
この問もん題だいは私わたしの理り解かいの範はん囲い内ないです。
This problem is within the scope of my understanding.

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Usage patterns

〈数かず〉時じ間かん内ないにwithin ... hours
3時じ間かん内ないにこの仕し事ごとを終おわらせなければならない。
I have to finish this work within three hours.
予よ算さん内ないでwithin the budget
予よ算さん内ないで新あたらしいオフィスの内ない装そうを決きめた。
We decided on the new office interior within the budget.
期き限げん内ないにwithin the deadline
レポートは期き限げん内ないに提てい出しゅつしてください。
Please submit the report by the deadline.

Expressions

空くう間かん内ないinside a space; within a space
ないうちにbefore it becomes; before (something undesirable) occurs
内ない疎そ外がい親しんsuperficially cordial but actually uninterested

Kanji

内inside, within, between

Related words

中ちゅうN3
内 emphasizes a fixed limit or scope (時間内 'within the time limit'), while 中 emphasizes being in the middle of an ongoing action or period (作業中 'in the middle of working').

Opposites

外がい
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...

Word family· 356

内ない容ようN3
contents; substance; detail
国こく内ないN4
domestic; internal; within the country
案あん内ないN5
guidance; leading the way; showing around · information; notice; notification · announcement of a visitor; informing of a visitor's arrival · invitation · acquaintance; knowledge
内ない部ぶN2
interior; inside; internal
以い内ないN4
within; inside of; less than

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内ない閣かくN1
cabinet; government ministry; administration
市し内ないN1
in the city; within the city
都と内ないN1
within the Tokyo metropolitan area; in Tokyo
県けん内ない
within the prefecture; inside the prefecture
車しゃ内ないN1
inside a car; inside a train; inside a bus
社しゃ内ない
within a company; in-house; internal · within a shrine; shrine precincts
体たい内ない
inside the body; interior of the body
内ない緒しょN3
secret; secrecy; confidentiality · one's circumstances (esp. financial) · inner realization; personal enlightenment · kitchen
内ない蔵ぞう
built-in; internal; equipped with
店てん内ない
inside a store; store interior; on the premises
室しつ内ないN1
indoor; inside the room
内ない臓ぞうN1
internal organs; viscera
内ない定ていN2
tentative decision; unofficial job offer
内ない科かN3
internal medicine · internal medicine department
屋おく内ないN1
indoors; indoor
内ない装そう
interior design; interior finishing; upholstery
年ねん内ない
within the year; before the year ends; the rest of the year
町ちょう内ない
neighborhood; town block; within the town
内ない面めんN1
inside; interior · inner self; one's mind; one's heart
内ない心しんN1
inner thoughts; real intention; one's mind · at heart; deep down; on the inside · inner center (geometry)
機き内ない
inside the plane; in-flight
圏けん内ないN1
within the area; inside the zone; within range
内ない野や
infield; diamond
内ない外がい
inside and outside; interior and exterior · domestic and foreign; home and abroad · approximately; around; about
内ない戦せんN1
civil war

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Etymology

From the noun 内 (うち, 'inside'), used as a suffix in Sino-Japanese compounds. The reading ない is the on'yomi.