No. 198 in Japanese
中身
The contents; the inside; the substance.
In a sentence
箱の中身はお菓子でした。
The contents of the box were sweets.
In this sentence, '中身' refers to the physical items that are present inside the box.
彼の話の中身はとても興味深かった。
The content of his speech was very interesting.
Here, '中身' is used metaphorically to describe the subject matter or essence of the speech.
この本の中身についてどう思いますか。
What do you think about the content of this book?
This sentence uses '中身' to describe the ideas or topics included within the book.
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