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~うちに入はいらない: meaning, usage and examples

~うちに入はいらない means: doesn't count as... / can't be called...

Updated 9 November 2026 · By the My Senpai team · Spotted a mistake? Tell us

Examples

1. インスタントラーメンを作つくれるくらいでは、料理りょうりのうちに入はいらない。

   Just being able to make instant ramen doesn't count as cooking.

2. 一度いちどや二度にどの失敗しっぱいなど、失敗しっぱいのうちに入はいらない。

   Failing once or twice doesn't even count as failure.

3. 駅えきまで10分じゅっぷん歩あるくなんて、運動うんどうのうちに入はいらない。

   Walking ten minutes to the station hardly counts as exercise.

4. この程度ていどの雨あめは、雨あめのうちに入はいらないよ。

   Rain like this barely counts as rain.

When to use it

Says that something is too small, light or easy to count as a real example of a category. Example: これくらいの距離きょりは、歩あるくうちに入はいらない (a distance like this hardly counts as walking). Often follows くらい, 程度ていど or なんて, which play down the thing.

Nuance

Conversational and slightly dismissive or modest. It belittles the thing mentioned, so using it about someone else's effort can sound rude. Common with personal standards: exercise, cooking, rain, failure, studying. The verb is always negative.

Compare

うちに入はいらない means it does not reach the category at all: 1キロは走はしるうちに入はいらない. とは言いえない is a neutral statement: これは料理りょうりとは言いえない. に足たりない means not worth: 取とるに足たりない問題もんだい. うちに (while) is unrelated: 若わかいうちに旅行りょこうする.

Tip: うち here means within the group. Not entering the group means it does not count.