middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
leaving one's objective incomplete; leaving one's ambition unfulfilled; being unable to achieve one's goal
halfway (through, complete); midway
half a ken (approx. 0.9 m); half-sized tatami mat
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance; to cancel out
half-soled straw sandals; straw sandals which are designed only for the front half of the foot
don't count your chickens before they're hatched; there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip; (lit.) consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90
to have mixed feelings of love and hatred; to love and hate equally