❶（～する）間に
Please sit down while you wait.
Please sit down while you wait.
お待ちになる間どうぞお座すわりください.
While Mother was cooking in the kitchen, Father was washing the car.
While Mother was cooking in the kitchen, Father was washing the car.
母が台所で料理をしている間, 父は車を洗っていた.
You don't bow while (you are) shaking hands.
You don't bow while (you are) shaking hands.
握手あくしゅしながらおじぎをしたりはしない.
Work while you work, play while you play.
ことわざWork while you work, play while you play.
働く間は働き遊ぶ間は遊べ.
❷（～する）のに, ～だが （although）
While she doesn't love me, I love her very much.
While she doesn't love me, I love her very much.
彼女は私を愛していないけれど, 私は彼女をとても愛している.
❸, while ～で ところが一方では（～する）（but）
He is very poor, while his brother is the richest man in the village.
He is very poor, while his brother is the richest man in the village.
彼は貧乏びんぼうだが, 彼の兄[弟]は村一番の金持ちだ.
