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半ば なかば N3

  1. halfway; middle; midway
  2. half (of); one half
  3. half (e.g. done, jokingly); in part; partially; partly
  4. almost; mostly; nearly

半ば過ぎ なかばすぎ

  1. beyond the middle

月半ば つきなかば

  1. middle of the month

相半ばする あいなかばする

  1. to balance; to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to cancel out

教うるは学ぶの半ば おしうるはまなぶのなかば

  1. we learn by teaching

道半ば みちなかば

  1. halfway (through, complete); midway

愛憎相半ばする あいぞうあいなかばする

  1. to have mixed feelings of love and hatred; to love and hate equally

志半ば こころざしなかば

  1. being unable to achieve one's goal; leaving one's ambition unfulfilled; leaving one's objective incomplete

百里を行く者は九十を半ばとす ひゃくりをゆくものはくじゅうをなかばとす

  1. consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90; don't count your chickens before they're hatched; there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
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