半ば (なかば) — middle, halfway, partly

半なかば middle

Frequency #3027 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 2 2 characters adverb noun

nakaba

なかば

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. なかば[3] odaka 尾高

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Meanings

middle
halfway
partly

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

なか半 half

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半(はん) han half 後(こう)半(はん) kouhan second half 時(じ)半(はん) jihan half past (the hour) 前(ぜん)半(はん) zenhan first half 半(はん)年(とし) hantoshi half a year 大(たい)半(はん) taihan majority 半(はん)分(ぶん) hanbun half 半(はん)年(ねん) hannen half a year

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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