半

brief word

゜

handakuten; diacritic used with kana that turns an "h" sound into a "p" sound

goat-god; satyr; Pan; Faunus

eastern hemisphere; the Orient

Linguistics

syllable with a "p" sound (in Japanese)

half blind

semigloss; semimatte; semimat

semi-finished goods

night; middle of the night

penumbra

Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)

half-width cloth (approx. 18 cm)

fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near

sound as produced by this alarm

three-stroke alarm

short-sleeved (or sleeveless) undergarment worn by aristocratic men

Abbreviation

half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh

semi-; half-

semiconsciousness; half-consciousness

unconsciousness

subconsciousness

Biology

semipermeable membrane

semi-arid; semiarid; semidry

northern half

half-year (sometimes esp. as an Edo-period duration of employment)

half of a season

Noun or verb acting prenominally

semi-manual (e.g. manufacture)

half-boiled; half-done