〜最中に
JLPT N2 Time and sequencein the middle of; right while
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最中に emphasizes that something happened right in the middle of an ongoing action. Attach it to a ている verb with の, or a noun with の. Often the interruption is inconvenient or unexpected.
Examples
のに、がてた。 Shokuji no saichuu ni, denwa ga kakatte kita.
Right in the middle of the meal, the phone rang.
のに、がた。 Kaigi no saichuu ni, jishin ga okita.
In the middle of the meeting, an earthquake struck.