noun, adverb
meanwhile; the other day; recently
Obsolete term; in modern Japanese these meanings are expressed by その間に, 先日, 最近, etc. The word is not used in contemporary speech or writing.
古い文書では「此の内」が「その間に」の意味で使われている。
In old documents, 此の内 is used to mean 'meanwhile'.
「此の内」は、かつて「先日
此の内 was once also used to mean 'the other day' or 'recently'.
Compound of 此の (kono, 'this') + 内 (uchi, 'inside, within'). The exact historical derivation of the temporal meanings is uncertain.