半分
Chinese
half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half |
to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng) | ||
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trad. (半分) | 半 | 分 | |
simp. #(半分) | 半 | 分 |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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半 | 分 |
はん Grade: 2 |
ぶん Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Noun
半分 • (hanbun)
Suffix
半分 • (-hanbun)
- half-
- 面白半分
- omoshiro hanbun
- for fun, half in jest
- 遊び半分
- asobi hanbun
- half for fun
- からかい半分
- karakai hanbun
- facetiously, half-jokingly
- 面白半分
Derived terms
- 話半分 (hanashihanbun, “with a grain of salt”)
- 半分こ (hanbunko, “share fifty-fifty”)
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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