半なかば
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. middle; halfway; midway
The change came when the afternoon was more than half over.
Noun
2. half (of); one half
Half of the participants were students.
Adverb
3. half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly; in part; partially
I said so, half laughing.
4. mostly; almost; nearly
So it was all but inevitable that things would turn out this way.
Kanji used
half
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
leaving one's objective incomplete; leaving one's ambition unfulfilled; being unable to achieve one's goal
halfway (through, complete); midway
beyond the middle
Examples (15 in total)
Half of the participants were students.
Tom is in his mid-thirties.
He lost half of his fortune.
Half of the population lives in cities.
She remarried when she was in her mid-forties.
I said so, half laughing.
I'd guess they're in their mid-thirties.
The change came when the afternoon was more than half over.
Even that gesture is probably half unconscious.
So it was all but inevitable that things would turn out this way.
In Tokyo, the cold season starts in the middle of November.
The first prohibition of slavery was in the mid-nineteenth century.
It was still the middle of the afternoon, but I returned to the inn and checked the menu.
Unable to do anything, I answered in a half-tearful voice.
Half automatically, one stiffens one's body and strives to get through the situation.