Noun + にあって

[In (a situation); being in]

Connection: Noun + にあって

Usage: A formal literary expression indicating being in a particular situation, circumstance, time period, or position. Often used to describe how someone behaves or what happens under those specific circumstances. The situation described is usually notable or extreme.

Variations:

• にあって (basic form)
• にあっても (even in such a situation)

Examples:

戦時下にあって、人々は助け合って生きていた。(In wartime, people lived by helping each other.)

困難な状況にあっても、彼は冷静さを失わなかった。(Even in a difficult situation, he did not lose his composure.)

異国の地にあって、故郷を思わない日はなかった。(Being in a foreign land, there was not a day I did not think of home.)