陣じん中ちゅう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

in camp; at the front

Refers to being inside a military camp or at the battlefront. Often used in historical or wartime contexts, and can appear in figurative expressions about being in the thick of a struggle.

彼かれは陣じん中ちゅうで負ふ傷しょうした兵へい士しを治ち療りょうした。

He treated wounded soldiers in camp.

陣じん中ちゅう見み舞まいの品しなを送おくる。

Send a gift to cheer someone at the front.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が陣じん中ちゅうを見み舞まうto visit troops at the front (to encourage them)
社しゃ長ちょうが営えい業ぎょう部ぶの陣じん中ちゅうを見み舞まった。
The president visited the sales team on the front lines to encourage them.
陣じん中ちゅうに赴おもむくto head to the camp/front
将しょう軍ぐんは陣じん中ちゅうに赴おもむいて指し揮きを執とった。
The general went to the front and took command.

Kanji

陣camp, battle array, ranks
中in, inside, middle

Related words

戦せん場じょうN1
戦場 is the general word for a battlefield, while 陣中 specifically means being inside a military camp or encampment area.
前ぜん線せんN1
前線 refers to the actual front line of combat, whereas 陣中 can include the broader camp area behind the front line.
戦せん地ち
戦地 is a broad term for any war zone or theater of war, while 陣中 narrows the focus to being within a camp or at the front itself.

Word family

陣じん中ちゅう食しょく
field ration (Sengoku period)
陣じん中ちゅう見み舞まい
visit to soldiers at the front; gift for soldiers on the battlefield · visit to someone working hard; gift for someone working hard

Etymology

Compound of 陣 (camp, battle formation) and 中 (inside, middle). The reading is on'yomi for both characters.