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Grade 2JLPT N5

half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-

5 strokes · frequency rank #224

On
ハン
Kun
なか.ば

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Common words

  1. じはんhalf past (the hour)1
    • Dinner will be ready by six-thirty.

    • I get up at 6:30.

    • It will be 5:30 presently.

  2. ぜんはんfirst half2
    • The program should have started by now, so we'll probably miss the first half.

    • They went on the offensive in the first half.

  3. はんぶんhalf3
    • Emmy folded the napkin in half.

    • Give me half of it.

    • Half the species are woman.

  4. こうはんsecond half; latter half4
    • The company president's welcome was so long that we were squeezed for time in the second half of the ceremony.

    • The latter half of the week was fine.

    • I'll be going shopping in the latter part of the week.

  5. はんhalf; semi-; partial5
    • He will be here in half an hour.

    • I bought half a dozen eggs.

    • It is no more than half a mile to the sea.

  6. たいはんmajority; more than half; most (of)6
    • The students are for the most part diligent.

    • Discretion is the better part of valor.

    • Discretion is the better part of valor.

  7. はんとしhalf a year; six months7
    • She'll be going abroad in another six months.

    • This refill lasts half a year.

    • I had a Caesarian section six months ago.

  8. はんすうhalf the number; half (of an amount)8
    • Half the students were absent.

    • Half of the melons were eaten.

    • Half of the students are absent.

  9. はんどうたいsemiconductor9
  10. かはんすうmajority10
    • The majority of the successful candidates were university graduates.

    • They commanded a majority in the Diet.

    • The government got their majority at the last election.

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