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ハンブン
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. half
Alt. forms
半はん分ぶん
99%
ハンブン
Pitch accent
ハ
ンブ
ン
Used in: 4
Composed of
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
halfsies; splitting evenly between two people
for fun; half in jest
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein
half in fun
(talking in a) half-joking manner
approximately half
half out of interest; mostly out of curiosity
a fourth; quarter
partly for fun; capricious
Examples (36 in total)
Half of the melon was eaten.
The job is half done.
You may take either half of the cake.
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