半分 – Vocabulary details

半はん分ぶん

Meanings

Adverb

Noun

1. half

Kanji used

半

half

分

part

Pitch accent

は

んぶ

ん

Used in: 4896

Composed of

半はん

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

分ぶん

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

Used in vocabulary (11 in total)

面おも白しろ半はん分ぶん

for fun; half in jest

話はなし半はん分ぶん

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

冗じょう談だん半はん分ぶん

being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein

遊あそび半はん分ぶん

half in fun

半はん分ぶんこ

halfsies; splitting evenly between two people

半はん分ぶん冗じょう談だん

(talking in a) half-joking manner

約やく半はん分ぶん

approximately half

おもしろ半はん分ぶん

for fun; half in jest

興きょう味み半はん分ぶん

half out of interest; mostly out of curiosity

四し半はん分ぶん

a fourth; quarter

慰なぐさみ半はん分ぶん

partly for fun; capricious

Examples (36 in total)

それは半はん分ぶんにカットして。

Cut it in half.

メロンが半はん分ぶん食たべられた。

Half of the melon was eaten.

仕し事ごとの半はん分ぶんはかたづいた。

The job is half done.