半はん分ぶん
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Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. half
Kanji used
Pitch accent
はんぶん
Used in vocabulary
話はなし半はん分ぶん
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
Noun
約やく半はん分ぶん
approximately half
Noun
遊あそび半はん分ぶん
half in fun
Na-adjective
四し半はん分ぶん
a fourth; quarter
Noun
面おも白しろ半はん分ぶん
for fun; half in jest
Na-adjective
冗じょう談だん半はん分ぶん
half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein
Noun
半はん分ぶん冗じょう談だん
(talking in a) half-joking manner
Expression
興きょう味み半はん分ぶん
half out of interest; mostly out of curiosity
Expression
Examples76
Emmy folded the napkin in half.
I have only half as many books as he.
The population of Germany is less than half that of the United States.
My dog is almost half the size of yours.
Half of my class like dogs.
My brother earns half as much money as my father.