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Pattern visualization

Examples

1. うちの会社は東京だ。▶ —
   Our company is in Tokyo.
2. うちでご飯を食べる。▶ —
   I eat at home.

Collocations

Mnemonic

Uchi (うち) is "we / inside / home / this side" — a cornerstone vocabulary of Japans uchi-soto binary social cognition (B + cluster). Orthography splits into 家 (home) and 内 (inside) depending on context. Core cluster: (1) uchi-soto (Chie Nakanes social-anthropology framing — uchi names ones in-group: family, company, school, country, while soto means outside, governing relationships, speech levels, and etiquette splits); (2) uchi no kaisha (our company — Japans business default for self-reference to customers and outsiders, with watashitachi no kaisha rarely used); (3) uchi no ko (our child — externalizing ones own kids); (4) uchi de taberu (eating at home) versus gaishoku (eating out), a binary; (5) miuchi (family / relatives / ones group); (6) uchi-gawa (the inside, the physical sense); (7) keigo split — uchi-group members use kenjougo humble forms ("our director moushiteorimasu" / says) to outsiders, the keystone of Japans honorific system. JLPT N5 plus Japans core social-identity and keigo system.

Quick check

1. Core of Japans uchi-soto binary?

   • Uchi = ones in-group (family, company, school, country) vs soto = outside — splits speech levels and etiquette (Chie Nakanes social-anthropology framing)
   • Plain inside-outside
   • Physical indoor-outdoor
   • School-subject categories