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.
In old documents, 此の内 is used to mean 'meanwhile'.
此の内 was once also used to mean 'the other day' or 'recently'.
Modern equivalent for 'recently'.
Obsolete kanji spelling; the word is now normally written in kana.
Variant obsolete kanji spelling.
Compound of 此の (kono, 'this') + 内 (uchi, 'inside, within'). The exact historical derivation of the temporal meanings is uncertain.