半分 – Vocabulary details

半はん分ぶん

Adverb

Noun

1. half

half

part

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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

for fun; half in jest

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein

メロンが半はん分ぶん食たべられた。

Half of the melon was eaten.

仕し事ごとの半はん分ぶんはかたづいた。

The job is half done.

ケーキのどちらの半はん分ぶんでもとりなさい。

You may take either half of the cake.

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