約半分 – vocab dash

約やく半はん分ぶん

Meanings

Noun

1. approximately half

Kanji used

Composed of

approximately; about; promise; appointment; engagement; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

Adverb

half

Adverb

Examples2

イタリアの人じん口こうは、日本にほんの人じん口こうの約やく半はん分ぶんだ。

The population of Italy is about half as large as that of Japan.

超ちょう軽けい量りょう新しん素そ材ざいの採さい用ようにより、従じゅう来らいの約やく半はん分ぶん（当とう社しゃ比ひ）という圧あっ倒とう的てきな軽かるさを実じつ現げん！

As a result of new ultra-light materials, our product now only weighs about half as much as before!