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► 接尾辞
  [へん]    meaning:  piece  rank: 4
☆ プラスチック片 ⇨ A fragment of plastic

► 接頭辞
  [かた]    meaning:  one  rank: 2
☆ は片耳がこえない ⇨ He cannot hear in one ear  (☛ One of a pair)
☆ は片親にてられた ⇨ He was raised by a single-parent  (☛ One of a pair)


More examples:
  • やれやれ、やっと仕事が片付いた ⇨ Phew, finally I got the work done
  • 宴会の片付けに数時間掛かった ⇨ It took a few hours for cleanup after the party
  • 一日中会議して仕事も片付かない ⇨ Have meetings all day and no work is getting done
  • 手袋の片っぽうが見つからない ⇨ I can’t find one of the gloves
  • れたコップの破片が辺り散った ⇨ The pieces of a broken glass flew over everywhere
  • ガラスの欠片が落ちていた ⇨ There were shards of glass on the floor
  • は片手でボール取った ⇨ He caught the ball with one hand
  • は片耳が不自由だ ⇨ He has hearing loss in one ear
  • いところ片付けよう ⇨ Let’s get it over with as soon as we can
  • 冷蔵庫にあるを片っ端からべてしまった ⇨ He ate everything that was in the fridge
  • はせかせかしている仕事も片付けていない ⇨ He looks very busy but actually is not getting any work done
  • 所断片的な情報しかられていない ⇨ So far we’ve only had fragments of information
  • 雑用をさっさと片付けてびに行きたい ⇨ I want to get the chores done quickly and go out and have some fun
  • やっと部屋が片付いた ⇨ Finally the room got organized
  • まれつき片腕がないというハンデをものともしなかった ⇨ He wasn’t deterred at all by the handicap of being born without one arm