渦中

かちゅう

[kachuu]

Definitions

1.noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool

2.noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

(in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel; turmoil

スキャンダルの渦中かちゅうにある政治せいじ家かだ。

He's a politician in the middle of a scandal.

事件じけんの渦中かちゅうに巻き込ままきこまれた。

I got caught up in the middle of the incident.

渦中かちゅうの人物じんぶつが記者きしゃ会見かいけんで初めてはじめて口くちを開いひらいた。

The person at the center of it all spoke publicly for the first time at a press conference.