There are 20 total results for your 半ば search.
Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
半ば see styles |
nakaba なかば |
(n-adv,n,n-suf) middle; half; semi; halfway; partly |
半パン see styles |
hanpan はんパン |
(See 短パン) shorts; short pants |
志半ば see styles |
kokorozashinakaba こころざしなかば |
(usu. as 〜で or 〜にして) leaving one's objective incomplete; leaving one's ambition unfulfilled; being unable to achieve one's goal |
月半ば see styles |
tsukinakaba つきなかば |
(adv,n) middle of the month |
道半ば see styles |
michinakaba みちなかば |
(adverb) midway; halfway through; in the course of |
半ばすぎ see styles |
nakabasugi なかばすぎ |
beyond the middle |
半ば過ぎ see styles |
nakabasugi なかばすぎ |
beyond the middle |
半ば紛れで see styles |
nakabamagurede なかばまぐれで |
(expression) half due to luck |
相半ばする see styles |
ainakabasuru あいなかばする |
(vs-s,vi) to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance; to cancel out |
半ばまぐれで see styles |
nakabamagurede なかばまぐれで |
(expression) half due to luck |
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 |
愛憎相半ばする see styles |
aizouainakabasuru / aizoainakabasuru あいぞうあいなかばする |
(exp,vs-s) to have mixed feelings of love and hatred; to love and hate equally |
Variations: |
nakabasugi なかばすぎ |
beyond the middle |
教うるは学ぶの半ば see styles |
oshiuruhamanabunonakaba おしうるはまなぶのなかば |
(expression) (proverb) we learn by teaching |
Variations: |
chouhanbakuchi / chohanbakuchi ちょうはんばくち |
(See 丁半・2) chō-han bakuchi; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even |
教うるは学ぶの半ばなり see styles |
oshiuruhamanabunonakabanari おしうるはまなぶのなかばなり |
(expression) (archaism) Teaching others teaches yourself |
Variations: |
tsukinakaba つきなかば |
middle of the month |
Variations: |
nakaba なかば |
(n,n-suf) (1) middle; halfway; midway; (2) half (of); one half; (adverb) (3) half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly; in part; partially; (adverb) (4) mostly; almost; nearly |
Variations: |
michinakaba みちなかば |
(exp,n) halfway (through, complete); midway |
Variations: |
hyakurioyukumonohakujuuonakabatosu / hyakurioyukumonohakujuonakabatosu ひゃくりをゆくものはくじゅうをなかばとす |
(expression) (proverb) don't count your chickens before they're hatched; there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip; consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90 |
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