半信半疑 – Vocabulary details

半はん信しん半はん疑ぎ

Adjective (の)

Noun

Four character compound

1. half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous

まだちょっと半はん信しん半はん疑ぎですけどね。I'm still a bit dubious, though.

half

belief

doubt

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んしんは

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half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)

honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion

doubt; distrust; suspicion (of)

半はん信しん半はん疑ぎ、というところかしら。

I suppose it's a case of half-believing, half-doubting.

話はなしを聞きいても、半はん信しん半はん疑ぎだった。

Even after hearing the story, I was half in doubt.

まだちょっと半はん信しん半はん疑ぎですけどね。

I'm still a bit dubious, though.

でも、半はん信しん半はん疑ぎだっただけで彼かれがスパイだとかまでは思おもってません。

But I only had my doubts; I didn't go so far as to think he was a spy.

私わたしも半はん信しん半はん疑ぎではあるけど条じょう件けんは満みたしたはずよ。

I am also half in doubt, but I should have met the conditions.

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