Word · 単語
半ば
Reading なかば
middle
- 1 middle, halfway, midway
- 2 half (of), one half
- 3 half (e.g. done, jokingly), partly, in part, partially
- 4 mostly, almost, nearly
N3
JLPT
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strokes
#2830
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
さいさき良ければ半ば成功。
Well begun is half done.
sense 3 · half (e.g. done, jokingly)
彼女は４０代半ばで再婚した。
She married again in her mid-forties.
sense 1 · middle
結婚前は両眼を大きく見開いておれ、その後は、その半ばを閉じよ。
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
sense 2 · half (of)
始めよければ半ば成功。
Well begun is half done.
sense 3 · half (e.g. done, jokingly)
１００里を行く者は９９里を半ばとする。
There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.