► 名詞
半 [(1)はん] meaning: half rank: 2
☆ この映画の長さは約一時間半だ ⇨ The length of this movie is about an hour and a half
► 接頭辞
半 [(1)はん] meaning: half rank: 2
☆ この車は半日本製、半アメリカ製だ ⇨ This car is half made in Japan, half made in US
☆ 彼は半裸だった ⇨ He was half naked
More examples:
- 彼等は費用を折半することにした ⇨ They decided to share the expenses, go Dutch
- 今止めたら中途半端になる ⇨ If we stop now, things will be incomplete, left hanging
- 私はその時半ば諦めていた ⇨ I was half giving up at that time
- 彼は上半身裸だった ⇨ He wasn’t wearing anything on the upper body. He was shirtless
- 申請手続きに半年も掛かった ⇨ The application process took as long as 6 months
- 地震で家は半壊した ⇨ The house was half-collapsed, severely damaged, by the earthquake
- 半数の人はその考えに反対している ⇨ Half of the people are opposed to the idea
- 費用は折半で行こう ⇨ Let’s go Dutch on the expenses
- 彼は事故で下半身不随になった ⇨ He became paralyzed waist down in an accident
- 彼は前半に飛ばし過ぎてバテた ⇨ He went too fast in the first part of the race and used up energy
- あいつの実力は半端じゃない ⇨ His ability is extraordinary
- 彼女はレースの前半に体力を消耗し過ぎてしまった ⇨ She expended too much energy in the first half of the race
- 震源から半径10キロ以内は壊滅した ⇨ Within 10 km radius from the epicenter was destroyed
- 新幹線の東京大阪間の所要時間は約三時間半だ ⇨ The Shinkansen (required) travel time between Tokyo and Osaka is about three and half hours
- 準備に半日掛かった ⇨ The preparation took a half day