半分（はんぶん）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 3
Meaning: half
Example sentences
- 大きなケーキを半分に分けた。 — I split the big cake in half.
- その仕事はもう半分終わった。 — That job is already half finished.
Idioms & proverbs containing “半分”
- 冗談半分 (じょうだんはんぶん) — half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein
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