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I've heard it thrown about in different contexts, but I never quite under
neither what it does or what dictates when the sound changes to じゅう in a
context, as in 世界中. Anyone have any ideas?
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What does 中 suggest when it's used with another word? (e.g. 世界中 and 絶望中)
中 roughly means "the space inside". In case of 世界中, it means "the space inside
the world", which is "everywhere in the world". In case of 絶望中, it means the
person is within the time of despair (it probably helps if you imagine time to
be long tube or something).
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