途中

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 学校へ行く途中で友達に会いました。▶ —
   I met a friend on the way to school.
2. 話の途中で電話が鳴りました。▶ —
   The phone rang in the middle of the conversation.

Collocations

Mnemonic

途中 tochuu — 途 (road, path) + 中 (middle). The middle of a road — on the way, midway. It works for both space (帰る途中, on the way home) and time (話の途中, in the middle of talking). 途中で (on the way, midway) is a common adverbial phrase.

Quick check

1. What does 途中 apply to?

   • both space (on the way) and time (midway through)
   • only space
   • only time
   • only people