半ば – Vocabulary details

半なかば

Meanings

Noun

Suffix

1. middle; halfway; midway

Noun

2. half (of); one half

Adverb

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

4. mostly; almost; nearly

Alt. forms

Kanji used

半

half

Pitch accent

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Used in vocabulary (5 in total)

道みち半なかば

midway; halfway through; in the course of

半なかば過すぎ

beyond the middle

相あい半なかばする

to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance; to cancel out

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Examples (4 in total)

東とう京きょうでは、１１じゅういち月がつ半なかばに寒さむい季き節せつが始はじまります。

In Tokyo, the cold season starts in the middle of November.

トムは３０代だい半なかばだよ。

Tom is in his mid-thirties.

彼かの女じょは４０代だい半なかばで再さい婚こんした。

She remarried when she was in her mid-forties.