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ハンブン
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. half
Moreover, the work is not even half finished yet.
Alt. forms
半はん分ぶん
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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
half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein
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Examples (62 in total)
I'll cover half of it.
Half of the seats are taken.
Cut it in half.
Half correct and half wrong.
Lose half of one's assets.
Half of the melon was eaten.
The job is half done.
My body sank about halfway.
What, it's only half.
I gave half of my sweets to my little brother.
You may take either half of the cake.
She cut the apple in half.
Even half of it took a full half day.
This month is already half over.
Emmy folded the napkin in half.
Half of the town burnt down in the fire.
I can do it in half the time.
I was half asleep when I went home.
Moreover, the work is not even half finished yet.
I've done half the work, and now I can take a break.
Half her goods were sold cheap.
At best I can do only half of what you did.
My brother earns half as much money as my father.
Half the office took a day off.
He is indignant with a face that looks like he is about to cry.
The bird was half as large as an eagle.
They eat half the world's wheat.
She agreed that she would pay half the rent.
The population of Germany is less than half that of the United States.
Half of the bananas in the basket were rotten.
The price of the stock declined by half in a month.
Tom lived half his life in Boston.
The price of stock declined by half in a month.
Half of my class like dogs.
I thought I had eaten a fair amount, but it hasn't even decreased by half.
Even if it is activated, it probably won't produce even half of its original power.
Your camera is only half the size of mine.
The train will get you there in half the time.
As far as I can tell at a glance, it is about half the size of a carriage.
Sometimes reading took up half his time.
My body was half submerged in water, and it was very cold.
My punches and kicks, too, have less than half their usual power.
The apple was cut in two by her with a knife.
I took a breather after completing about half of the application of the fixes.
We may be graduating, but about half the class is moving up together anyway.
The story is, well, half made up and half true.
Peel the apples and slice them in half, cutting out the core.
We bought a grand piano which took up half of our living room.
I'm halfway through this crime novel.
Since I installed solar panels on my house, my energy bill has been cut in half.
About half of the mountain in front of me is my land.
I have only crossed about half of the bridge, but I already want to go back.
There are lots of empty shelves; not even half the space is being used.
Sleep is the greatest thief, for it steals half one's life.
It's about the size of a school gym cut in half lengthwise.
Even though the training camp has ended, nearly half of the summer vacation still remains.
She flashes a smile, showing her white teeth, and splits the bread in half.
If I should make a lot of money, I would give you half of it.
At last, John and Sue decided to cut the apple into halves.
I bought ten pencils, half of which were to be given to my brother.
On the table lies a thick book, face down, read to about the halfway point.
This is a story that has existed in this country since long ago, but its content is half true.