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半分はんぶんNounAdverbFreq #912
1

half

Examples
エミーはナプキンを半分に折りたたんだ。
Emmy folded the napkin in half.
半ばなかば中ばFreq #2289
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Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

middle; halfway; midway

Examples
このボートのエンジンがハワイへの航路のなかばで駄目にならなければよいね。
Let's hope this boat engine doesn't give up the ghost when we're halfway to Hawaii.
彼女は４０代半ばで再婚した。
She married again in her mid-forties.
2

Common noun

half (of); one half

Examples
人生とは何であるかを知ったとき、すでに生涯の半ばは過ぎている。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
3

Adverb (fukushi)

half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly; in part; partially

Examples
出だしがよければ半ばやり遂げたようなものだ。
Well begun is half done.
4

Adverb (fukushi)

mostly; almost; nearly

半年はんとしはんねんNounAdverbFreq #2542
1

half a year; six months

Examples
あと半年したら、彼女は外国へ行ってしまう。
She'll be going abroad in another six months.
後半こうはんNounFreq #2989
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second half; latter half

Examples
社長の挨拶が長くて式の後半が押せ押せになってしまった。
The company president's welcome was so long that we were squeezed for time in the second half of the ceremony.
大半たいはんNounFreq #3723
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Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

majority; more than half; most (of)

Examples
ここの学生は大半が真面目である。
The students are for the most part diligent.
2

Adverb (fukushi)

mostly; largely; mainly; predominately; nearly

上半身じょうはんしんかみはんしんNounFreq #4880
1

upper half of the body; upper body

Examples
その少年は上半身裸であった。
The boy was naked to the waist.
下半身かはんしんしもはんしんNounFreq #4976
1

lower half of the body; nether parts

中途半端ちゅうとはんぱNoun～な Adj.～の Adj.四字熟語Freq #4472
1

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked; half-cocked; half-hearted; half-arsed; half-assed

Examples
仕事を中途半端にするな。
Don't leave your work half done.
半日はんにちはんじつNounAdverbFreq #6136
1

half day

Examples
半日のツアーはありますか。
Do you offer any half-day tours?
前半ぜんはんぜんぱんNounFreq #7125
1

first half

Examples
プログラムは今頃もう始まっているはずです。だから、前半はたぶん観られないでしょう。
The program should have started by now, so we'll probably miss the first half.
半端はんぱNounFreq #7223
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Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

remnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness

Examples
半端な時間に自転車に乗るだけだ。
I only ride a bicycle at odd times.
2

fraction; odd sum

3

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

halfway; half-hearted; perfunctory

4

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

irresponsible; foolish

半数はんすうNoun～の Adj.Freq #7909
1

half the number; half (of an amount)

Examples
学生の半数が休んでいた。
Half the students were absent.
2

Biology

haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont

半身はんしんNoun～の Adj.Freq #9145
1

half the body; half length

半月はんげつはんつきNounFreq #10049
1

はんげつ only; Astronomy

half-moon

Examples
私たちはその船を半月と名付けた。
We named the boat the Half Moon.
2

half a month

3

はんげつ only

semicircle

半透明はんとうめいNoun～な Adj.～の Adj.Freq #11974
1

semi-transparent; translucent

半径はんけいNounFreq #12137
1

radius

半開きはんびらきNounFreq #13032
1

partly open; in half bloom

生半可なまはんかNoun～な Adj.Freq #15310
1

superficial; half-hearted; shallow

Examples
仕事を生半可に知っている人が書くことは、できれば避けたい。
I'd rather not have those written by people who only know their work imperfectly.
半泣きはんなきNoun～する VerbFreq #16417
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being about to cry; the verge of tears

半歩はんぽNounFreq #16817
1

half step; half a step

半減はんげんNounIntransitiveTransitive～する VerbFreq #17671
1

reduction by half; halving

Examples
彼の収入は退職後半減した。
His income was diminished by half after retirement.
半裸はんらNounFreq #17715
1

half-nakedness

夜半やはんNounFreq #18810
1

middle of the night; dead of night

Examples
我々はしゃべりづめで夜半まで起きていた。
We sat up half the night just talking.
半壊はんかいNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #19036
1

partial destruction

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