中途半端 – vocab dash

中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱ

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Meanings

Na-adjective

No-adjective

Noun

1. halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked; half-cocked; half-hearted; half-arsed; half-assed (Yojijukugo)

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ちゅうとはんぱ

Composed of

halfway; midway; partway; mid-course

Noun

remnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted; perfunctory; irresponsible; …

Noun

Examples13

仕し事ごとを中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱにするな。

Don't leave your work half done.

物もの事ごとは中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱにするな。

Never do things by halves.

火か事じは中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱなやり方かたでは防ふせげない。

Fire cannot be prevented by half measures.

中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱなことはしたくない。

I don't like to leave things up in the air.

仕し事ごとを中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱで辞やめてはいけない。

Don't leave your work half finished.

物もの事ごとは中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱにするなかれ。

Don't leave things half done.