はんぶん

[半分] 〔二等分， 半数， 二分の一， なかば〕

**half

【C】【U】2分の1《◆しばしば「約半分」の意を含む》；半分にしたもの∥ the smaller half of a cake ケーキの小さい方の半分 / Two halves make a whole. 半分2つで1つになる / discount half of what I hear 人の話を半分に割引して聞く / Half (of) this apple is ［^×are］ rotten. このリンゴの半分は腐っている《◆動詞の数は of のあとの名詞に一致: Half (of) these apples are ［^×is］ rotten》. ━【副】半分(だけ)∥ a half-empty bottle 半分からになったびん《◆名詞の前に置く場合ハイフンをつけることが多い. cf. The bottle is half empty.》 / She didn't come until the meeting was half over. 会議が半分終ったところでやっと彼女はやって来た

*halfway

【副】∥ The job is halfway finished. 仕事の半分は片付いた.

▲with mingled fright and surprise 恐さ半分驚き半分で / I flirted with the idea of opening a bookstore. 書店を開こうかと冗談半分に考えた.

◇→半分に

◇→半分の

半分
half

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はんぶん【半分】

〔二等分， 半数， 二分の一， なかば〕

**half

〖C〗〖U〗2分の1《◆しばしば「約半分」の意を含む》；半分にしたもの

the smaller half of a cake ケーキの小さい方の半分

Two halves make a whole. 半分2つで1つになる

discount half of what I hear 人の話を半分に割引して聞く

Half (of) this apple is ［^×are］ rotten. このリンゴの半分は腐っている《◆動詞の数は of のあとの名詞に一致: Half (of) these apples are ［^×is］ rotten》.

〖副〗半分(だけ)

a half-empty bottle 半分からになったびん《◆名詞の前に置く場合ハイフンをつけることが多い. cf. The bottle is half empty. 》

She didn't come until the meeting was half over. 会議が半分終ったところでやっと彼女はやって来た

*halfway

〖副〗

The job is halfway finished. 仕事の半分は片付いた.

▲with mingled fright and surprise 恐さ半分驚き半分で

I flirted with the idea of opening a bookstore. 書店を開こうかと冗談半分に考えた.

◇ → 半分に

◇ → 半分の

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I

はんぶん【半分】

(a) half; 【法】 (財産などの) a moiety.

●半分半分 half and half; fifty-fifty

・半分ずつ分ける go halves [half-and-half, shares]; share sth fifty-fifty (with sb)

・費用は半分ずつ持ちましょう. Let's go shares in the expenses [pay half each]. | Let's share the expenses fifty-fifty [half-and-half].

・彼と半分ずつ出資して事業をやった. I went fifty-fifty with him in an enterprise.

・半分だけ減らす reduce by half

・金を半分使う spend half (of) the money

・半分済む[済ませる] be [get] half through (with) 《one's work》; half finish 《a job》

・印刷が半分済んだところで間違いに気付いた. When I was halfway through the printing [the printing was halfway through] I noticed a mistake.

●その大きさは普通の馬の半分しかない. It is only half the size of an ordinary horse.

・彼は物を半分しか言わない男だ. He starts talking and never finishes.

・まだ半分しか読んでいません. I have only read half the book. | I am only halfway through the book.

・コップの水をもう半分しかないと見るか, まだ半分もあると見るかで, その人の人生観がわかる. Whether you see a glass of water as half full or half empty depends on your view of life.

●半分に (in) half

・半分にする halve; 〔分ける〕 divide 《it》 into halves; 〔切る〕 cut 《it》 in half

・経費を半分にする cut expenditure by half; halve expenditure

・妹とケーキを半分に分ける share a cake half and half [divide a cake] with one's (younger) sister; have half a cake each with one's sister

・社員の数を半分に減らすなんて無茶だ. Halving the staff is crazy! | They can't be serious about reducing the staff by half!

・株価が 5 年前の半分になった. The value of shares has halved from [is half what it was] five years ago.

・退職金も残りが半分になった. I'm down to the last half of my retirement allowance. | My severance pay is half gone [down to half]. | Half (of) my retirement grant is left.

●半分の half

・紐(_ひも)を半分のところで切る cut a cord [string] in the middle

・半分の人はそれに反対だ. Half (of) the people are against it.

・半分の半分は 4 分の 1 だ. Half a half is a quarter.

●えっ, もう半分も読んだの? What! Are you already halfway through (it) [Have you already read half of it]?

●彼は胃の半分を切除した. Half (of) his stomach was removed.

●10 の半分は 5 です. Half (of) 10 is 5.

・箱の中のリンゴは半分は腐っていた. Half of the apples in the box were rotten.

・原稿はまだ半分書き上げただけです. I have only written half [am only halfway through writing] the article.

・ここまでで道のりの半分だ. We have covered half the distance [come halfway]. | We are halfway there.

・茶碗(_ちゃわん)に半分ください. Just half a cup, please.

・値段はその半分だ. It costs half that [as much]. | It is half the price.

・その値の半分でも高い. It is expensive (even) at half the price.

・彼が金持ちになったのは半分は努力のたまものだが, 半分は運のおかげだ. It was partly by hard work and partly by good luck that he became rich.

・彼は僕の半分も苦労していない. He hasn't had half such a hard time as me. | I've had a much tougher time than he has.

・行きたい気持ちも半分ある. I'm half-tempted to go. | There's part of me which wants to go.

・息子に負けるのは, 悔しさ半分, うれしさ半分だ. Losing to your own son gives you complicated mixed feelings [makes you half happy and half sad].

・彼女は半分泣きながら抗議した. She was half in tears as she protested.

・彼は半分死んだように眠った. He slept as though he was dead [like the dead].

・〔講演を〕 半分から先はもう眠くて聞いてない. I was so sleepy from halfway through that I didn't hear.

II

-はんぶん【-半分】

●冗談半分に partly as a joke [for fun]; half jokingly [humorously]; (only) half seriously; 《文》 half in jest

・面白半分に half-seriously; semi-seriously; 《文》 only half in jest

・からかい半分に half teasingly; partly to tease sb [make fun of sb, 《口》 take the mickey out of sb]

・遊び半分に half in play; partly for fun [pleasure]

・遊び半分の仕事 a job one does half for fun [pleasure, amusement's sake].