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ハーフメイド

see styles
 haafumeido / hafumedo
    ハーフメイド
(can be adjective with の) half made (e.g. clothes that are already cut and basted when purchased)

ハーフワード

see styles
 haafuwaado / hafuwado
    ハーフワード
{comp} half-word

ベターハーフ

see styles
 betaahaafu / betahafu
    ベターハーフ
better half

メロン・パン

 meron pan
    メロン・パン
melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon

何方もどっち

see styles
 docchimodocchi
    どっちもどっち
(expression) (kana only) both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other

Variations:
切り紙
切紙

 kirikami; kirigami
    きりかみ; きりがみ
kirigami; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami); cut paper; paper cut in half; paper scrap

Variations:
割り注
割注

 warichuu / warichu
    わりちゅう
{print} warichū; explanatory notes inserted between lines; interlinear notes; typesetting of parenthetical comments into two half-sized columns of text

Variations:
割符
割り符

 warifu; wappu(割符)
    わりふ; わっぷ(割符)
tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)

半ばまぐれで

see styles
 nakabamagurede
    なかばまぐれで
(expression) half due to luck

半瓶水響叮噹


半瓶水响叮当

see styles
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
    ban4 ping2 shui3 xiang3 ding1 dang1
pan p`ing shui hsiang ting tang
    pan ping shui hsiang ting tang
lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom); fig. empty vessels make the most noise; one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest

半角カタカナ

see styles
 hankakukatakana
    はんかくカタカナ
half-width katakana

半角スペース

see styles
 hankakusupeesu
    はんかくスペース
{comp} half-width space; en space

半角ローマ字

see styles
 hankakuroomaji
    はんかくローマじ
half-width Roman character

Variations:
取り札
取札

 torifuda
    とりふだ
{cards} (See 読み札) card to pick up (esp. in hyakunin isshu karuta, i.e. the card printed with the second half of a poem)

嗢呾羅頞沙荼


嗢呾罗頞沙荼

see styles
wà dá luó è shā tú
    wa4 da2 luo2 e4 sha1 tu2
wa ta lo o sha t`u
    wa ta lo o sha tu
 Uttaraashada
Uttarāṣāḍhā, the nakṣatra presiding over the second half of the 4th month, 'the month in which Śākyamuni was conceived.' Eitel.

Variations:
弓張り
弓張

 yumihari
    ゆみはり
(1) stringing a bow; person who strings bows; (2) (abbreviation) (See 弓張り月) half-moon; (3) (abbreviation) (See 弓張り提灯) paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle

有る事無い事

see styles
 arukotonaikoto
    あることないこと
(expression) (kana only) mixture of fact and fiction; half-truths

煮え切らない

see styles
 niekiranai
    にえきらない
(exp,adj-i) half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive

甘井先ず竭く

see styles
 kanseimazutsuku / kansemazutsuku
    かんせいまずつく
(expression) (proverb) the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long; the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry

Variations:
甘干し
甘干

 amaboshi
    あまぼし
(1) peeled persimmon cured in the sun for stronger taste; dried persimmon; (2) partially dried fish; half-dried fish

生っちょろい

see styles
 namacchoroi
    なまっちょろい
(adjective) (kana only) half-hearted; overly optimistic; naive; inexperienced; immature; green

Variations:
薄鈍
薄のろ

 usunoro; usunoro
    うすのろ; ウスノロ
(noun or adjectival noun) (kana only) half-wit; fool; simpleton

那伽閼剌樹那


那伽阏剌树那

see styles
nà qié è là shùn à
    na4 qie2 e4 la4 shun4 a4
na ch`ieh o la shun a
    na chieh o la shun a
 Nakaarajuna
(or 那伽閼曷樹那) Nāgārjuna, 龍樹 the dragon-arjuna tree, or nāgakrośana, intp. probably wrongly as 龍猛 dragon-fierce. One of the 'four suns' and reputed founder of Mahāyāna (but see 阿 for Aśvaghoṣa), native of South India, the fourteenth patriarch; he is said to have cut off his head as an offering. 'He probably flourished in the latter half of the second century A. D.' Eliot, v. 龍樹. He founded the Mādhyamika or 中 School, generally considered as advocating doctrines of negation or nihilism, but his aim seems to have been a reality beyond the limitations of positive and negative, the identification of contraries in a higher synthesis, e. g. birth and death, existence and non-existence, eternal and non-eternal; v. 中論.

頭の足りない

see styles
 atamanotarinai
    あたまのたりない
(exp,adj-i) half-baked; dim-witted; meatheaded

Variations:
30分
三十分

 sanjuppun; sanjippun
    さんじゅっぷん; さんじっぷん
thirty minutes; half an hour

スクラムハーフ

see styles
 sukuramuhaafu / sukuramuhafu
    スクラムハーフ
scrum half

センターハーフ

see styles
 sentaahaafu / sentahafu
    センターハーフ
center half

ニュー・ハーフ

 nyuu haafu / nyu hafu
    ニュー・ハーフ
(1) transvestite (wasei: new half); drag queen; (2) transwoman; male-to-female transsexual

ハーフ・コート

 haafu kooto / hafu kooto
    ハーフ・コート
three-quarter; half coat; top coat

ハーフ・タイム

 haafu taimu / hafu taimu
    ハーフ・タイム
(sports) half time; halftime

ハーフ・トーン

 haafu toon / hafu toon
    ハーフ・トーン
half tone

ハーフ・パイプ

 haafu paipu / hafu paipu
    ハーフ・パイプ
half-pipe (in snowboarding, skateboarding, etc.)

ハーフ・パンツ

 haafu pantsu / hafu pantsu
    ハーフ・パンツ
shorts (wasei: half-pants)

ハーフ・ビター

 haafu bitaa / hafu bita
    ハーフ・ビター
(adjectival noun) bitter-sweet (wasei: half bitter)

ハーフ・ブーツ

 haafu buutsu / hafu butsu
    ハーフ・ブーツ
half boot

ハーフ・ボレー

 haafu boree / hafu boree
    ハーフ・ボレー
half volley

ハーフ・ミラー

 haafu miraa / hafu mira
    ハーフ・ミラー
half mirror; 50% beam splitter

ハーフ・メード

 haafu meedo / hafu meedo
    ハーフ・メード
(can be adjective with の) half made (e.g. clothes that are already cut and basted when purchased)

ハーフ・メイド

 haafu meido / hafu medo
    ハーフ・メイド
(can be adjective with の) half made (e.g. clothes that are already cut and basted when purchased)

ハーフスイング

see styles
 haafusuingu / hafusuingu
    ハーフスイング
(sports) half swing (baseball, golf)

ハーフトラック

see styles
 haafutorakku / hafutorakku
    ハーフトラック
half-track

ハーフネルソン

see styles
 haafuneruson / hafuneruson
    ハーフネルソン
half-nelson

ハーフマラソン

see styles
 haafumarason / hafumarason
    ハーフマラソン
half-marathon

ベター・ハーフ

 betaa haafu / beta hafu
    ベター・ハーフ
better half

やるじゃないか

see styles
 yarujanaika
    やるじゃないか
(expression) not bad; not half bad; pretty good

Variations:
一年半
1年半

 ichinenhan
    いちねんはん
one year and a half

九時半の玉突き

see styles
 kujihannotamatsuki
    くじはんのたまつき
(work) Billiards at Half-Past Nine (1959 novel by Heinrich Böll); Billard um halb zehn; (wk) Billiards at Half-Past Nine (1959 novel by Heinrich Böll); Billard um halb zehn

二つ折りにする

see styles
 futatsuorinisuru
    ふたつおりにする
(exp,vs-i) to fold in two; to fold in half; to double up

Variations:
前ジテ
前仕手

 maejite; maeshite(前仕手)
    まえじて; まえして(前仕手)
{noh} (See 後ジテ) protagonist (in the first half of a play)

Variations:
半ドン
半どん

 handon(半don); handon(半don)
    はんドン(半ドン); はんどん(半どん)
(1) (ドン is short for ドンタク) (See ドンタク・2) half-holiday; (2) {hanaf} sixth round (in a game of 12 rounds)

半ば眠っている

see styles
 nakabanemutteiru / nakabanemutteru
    なかばねむっている
(exp,v1) to be half asleep

Variations:
半べそ
半ベソ

 hanbeso
    はんべそ
half-crying; being on the verge of crying

Variations:
半二重
半2重

 hannijuu / hanniju
    はんにじゅう
(noun or adjectival noun) half duplex; HDX

Variations:
夢うつつ
夢現

 yumeutsutsu
    ゆめうつつ
(1) half asleep and half awake; trance; (2) dream and reality

Variations:
夢現
夢うつつ

 yumeutsutsu
    ゆめうつつ
(1) half asleep and half awake; trance; (2) dream and reality

婦女能頂半邊天


妇女能顶半边天

see styles
fù nǚ néng dǐng bàn biān tiān
    fu4 nu:3 neng2 ding3 ban4 bian1 tian1
fu nü neng ting pan pien t`ien
    fu nü neng ting pan pien tien
Woman can hold up half the sky; fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society

Variations:
寝ぼけ
寝惚け

 neboke
    ねぼけ
being still half asleep; being half awake; being not yet quite awake

Variations:
後ジテ
後仕手

 nochijite; atojite
    のちじて; あとじて
{noh} (See 前ジテ) protagonist (in the second half of a play)

Variations:
技あり
技有り

 wazaari / wazari
    わざあり
{MA} waza-ari (in judo, a half-point awarded for good but incomplete execution)

欲の熊鷹股裂く

see styles
 yokunokumatakamatasaku
    よくのくまたかまたさく
(exp,v5k) (proverb) avarice brings doom upon oneself; grasp all, lose all; the greedy hawk-eagle splits in half (when trying to catch two boars at once)

Variations:
生茹で
生ゆで

 namayude
    なまゆで
{food} half-boiled; insufficiently boiled; underdone

磨刀不誤砍柴工


磨刀不误砍柴工

see styles
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
    mo2 dao1 bu4 wu4 kan3 chai2 gong1
mo tao pu wu k`an ch`ai kung
    mo tao pu wu kan chai kung
lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom); fig. time invested in preparations is not lost; a beard well lathered is half shaved

Variations:
網掛け
網かけ

 amikake
    あみかけ
(1) area fill (in printing); (2) {comp} half-tone dot meshing

Variations:
裾除け
裾よけ

 susoyoke
    すそよけ
underskirt (half-slip), worn under kimono

身上半如師子王


身上半如师子王

see styles
shēn shàng bàn rú shī zǐ wáng
    shen1 shang4 ban4 ru2 shi1 zi3 wang2
shen shang pan ju shih tzu wang
 shin jōhan nyo shishi ō
the upper half of the body is like a lion king

あること無いこと

see styles
 arukotonaikoto
    あることないこと
(expression) (kana only) mixture of fact and fiction; half-truths

スクラム・ハーフ

 sukuramu haafu / sukuramu hafu
    スクラム・ハーフ
scrum half

スペクトル半値幅

see styles
 supekutoruhannehaba
    スペクトルはんねはば
{comp} FWHM; full width half maximum; spectral width

センター・ハーフ

 sentaa haafu / senta hafu
    センター・ハーフ
center half

なかば眠っている

see styles
 nakabanemutteiru / nakabanemutteru
    なかばねむっている
(exp,v1) to be half asleep

ハーフ・スイング

 haafu suingu / hafu suingu
    ハーフ・スイング
(sports) half swing (baseball, golf)

ハーフ・トラック

 haafu torakku / hafu torakku
    ハーフ・トラック
half-track

ハーフティンバー

see styles
 haafutinbaa / hafutinba
    ハーフティンバー
half-timber

ハーフムーンベイ

see styles
 haafumuunbei / hafumunbe
    ハーフムーンベイ
(place-name) Half Moon Bay

ミディアムウェル

see styles
 midiamuweru
    ミディアムウェル
half-way between medium and well done (wasei: medium well)

Variations:
半々
半半

 hanhan
    はんはん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) half and half; fifty-fifty

Variations:
半切
半截
半折

 hansetsu
    はんせつ
(noun/participle) (1) cutting in half; (noun/participle) (2) (esp. 半折) painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper; (3) half-size paper

Variations:
弓張月
弓張り月

 yumiharizuki
    ゆみはりづき
(See 弦月) half-moon

Variations:
書き残す
書残す

 kakinokosu
    かきのこす
(transitive verb) (1) to leave (a note, will, etc.) behind; (transitive verb) (2) to leave (a manuscript, etc.) unfinished; to leave half-written; (transitive verb) (3) to forget to write; to leave out

有ること無いこと

see styles
 arukotonaikoto
    あることないこと
(expression) (kana only) mixture of fact and fiction; half-truths

Variations:
生り
生(io)

 namari
    なまり
(kana only) (abbreviation) (See 生り節) boiled and half-dried bonito

Variations:
腹変り
腹変わり

 haragawari
    はらがわり
(See 腹違い) half-sibling

Variations:
薄明かり
薄明り

 usuakari
    うすあかり
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight

身上半如師子王相


身上半如师子王相

see styles
shēn shàng bàn rú shī zǐ wáng xiàng
    shen1 shang4 ban4 ru2 shi1 zi3 wang2 xiang4
shen shang pan ju shih tzu wang hsiang
 shin jōhan nyo shishi ō sō
the upper half of the body is like a lion king

Variations:
ずかずか
ズカズカ

 sukasuka; sukasuka
    スカスカ; すかすか
(adjectival noun) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) full of openings; half empty; spongy; pithy; patchy; thin; insubstantial; threadbare; (adv,adv-to) (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (cutting) sharply; cleanly; (adv,adv-to) (3) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (archaism) (progressing) smoothly

ツートンドクロミス

see styles
 tsuutondokuromisu / tsutondokuromisu
    ツートンドクロミス
chocolatedip chromis (Chromis dimidiata); half-and-half chromis; twotone chromis

ハーフサイズカメラ

see styles
 haafusaizukamera / hafusaizukamera
    ハーフサイズカメラ
half-size camera

ミディアム・ウェル

 midiamu weru
    ミディアム・ウェル
half-way between medium and well done (wasei: medium well)

Variations:
仕掛け
仕掛

 shikake
    しかけ
(1) device; contrivance; mechanism; gadget; (2) trick; trap; calculated manipulation; gambit; (3) (small) scale; half finished; (4) commencement; initiation; (5) set up; laying out; preparation; (6) challenge; attack

Variations:
半跏趺坐
半跏趺座

 hankafuza
    はんかふざ
(See 結跏趺坐・けっかふざ) half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh

Variations:
吸いかけ
吸い掛け

 suikake
    すいかけ
(can be adjective with の) half-finished (cigarette); half-smoked

Variations:
寝ぼけ声
寝惚け声

 nebokegoe
    ねぼけごえ
half-awake voice; sleepy voice; voice of when one has just woken up

枯れ木も山の賑わい

see styles
 karekimoyamanonigiwai
    かれきもやまのにぎわい
(expression) (proverb) half a loaf is better than none; even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain

Variations:
気がない
気が無い

 kiganai
    きがない
(exp,adj-i) (1) (after a verb) not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...; (can act as adjective) (2) (See 気のない) indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

Variations:
気のない
気の無い

 kinonai
    きのない
(exp,adj-f) (See 気がない・2) indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

焼け棒杭に火が付く

see styles
 yakebokkuinihigatsuku
    やけぼっくいにひがつく
(exp,v5k) (proverb) wood half-burned is easily kindled

Variations:
生半
生なか
生中

 namanaka
    なまなか
(adjectival noun) (1) (See 中途半端,なまはんか) halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-hearted; (adverb) (2) (See なまじっか・1) half-heartedly; insufficiently

Variations:
田植え踊り
田植踊

 taueodori
    たうえおどり
(See 田遊び) refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month

Variations:
読みかけ
読み掛け

 yomikake
    よみかけ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) reading partway; leaving half-read

Variations:
読みさし
読み止し

 yomisashi
    よみさし
(noun - becomes adjective with の) leaving half-read (book, etc.); leaving unfinished

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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