集しゅう中ちゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

concentration; focus one's attention

Used for directing one's attention or mental effort to a task, object, or point; commonly takes に as in 仕事に集中する, and can also be transitive in expressions such as 注意を集中する.

• 試し験けん中ちゅうは問もん題だいに集しゅう中ちゅうしてください。

  During the exam, please concentrate on the questions.

• 彼かれは画が面めんに集しゅう中ちゅうしていて、返へん事じをしなかった。

  He was focused on the screen and did not answer.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

concentration in one place; centralization; gathering

Used when people, buildings, power, money, functions, or similar things are gathered in or directed to one place, organization, period, or point.

• 人じん口こうは都と市し部ぶに集しゅう中ちゅうしている。

  The population is concentrated in urban areas.

• 会かい社しゃは権けん限げんを本ほん社しゃに集しゅう中ちゅうした。

  The company centralized authority at the head office.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

focus of questions; focus of debate; convergence

An abstract extension used when questions, criticism, attention, discussion, or attacks converge on one person, issue, or point.

• 記き者しゃの質しつ問もんは監かん督とくに集しゅう中ちゅうした。

  The reporters' questions focused on the coach.

• 議ぎ論ろんは予よ算さんの使つかい道みちに集しゅう中ちゅうした。

  The debate focused on how the budget would be used.

noun

within a collection of works

Limited bibliographic or literary use meaning 'in/within a collection,' usually seen as part of compounds or phrases such as 歌集中 or 句集中 rather than as the everyday meaning 'concentration.'

• 「歌うた集しゅう中ちゅう」は「歌か集しゅうの中なかで」という意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  歌集中 is sometimes used to mean 'within a poetry collection.'