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半分

半分

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng
simp. and trad. (半分)		半	分

Noun

半分

a little bit

Verb

半分

to divide into two parts

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	分
はん Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 2

Noun

半分 ‎(hiragana はんぶん, romaji hanbun)

a half
半分 (はんぶん)の人 (ひと)が賛成 (さんせい)した。

Hanbun no hito ga sansei shita.

Half of the people agreed.
half
彼 (かれ)は半分 (はんぶん)眠 (ねむ)っていた。

Kare wa hanbun nemutteita.

He was half asleep.

Derived terms

話半分 (はなしはんぶん) ‎(hanashihanbun, “with a grain of salt”)
半分 (はんぶん)こ ‎(hanbunko, “share fifty-fifty”)