► 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:
- 半導体業界 ⇨ The semiconductor industry
 - 費用は折半することで落ち着いた ⇨ We settled, agreed, to share the cost fifty-fifty
 - 選挙で彼は過半数を得票した ⇨ He gained a majority vote in the election
 - しゃがんだ彼女の半ケツが見えた ⇨ She squatted and her half-ass, butt crack, was seen
 - 半導体素子 ⇨
 - 彼等はシーズン後半に巻き返した ⇨ They fought back in the second half of the season
 - 私達は最初は苦戦したが、後半に相手の守備を攻略した ⇨ We struggled in the first half, but solved the opponent’s defense in the second half
 - 彼はいつもレースの前半は最後尾に付ける ⇨ He always stays at the very last in the first half of a race
 - 彼は交通事故で下半身不随になった ⇨ He got paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident
 - 費用は折半で行こう ⇨ Let’s go Dutch on the expenses
 - 下半身の話題 ⇨ A topic about the lower body, sex
 - 費用の大半は人件費だ ⇨ The majority of the cost is labor cost
 - 半分こしよう! ⇨ Let’s split half and half
 - 前半彼等は相手に押されっ放しだった ⇨ In the first half they got pushed around by the opponent
 - あれから半年が過ぎた ⇨ A half year has past since then