半ば
N3なかば nakaba
- middle
- half
- semi
- halfway
- partly
nounnoun suffix
Chinese meanings
一半;中途
Examples
- 彼女は40代半ばで再婚した。She married again in her mid-forties.她四十五岁左右再婚了。
- 始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。Well begun is half done.好的开始就等于成功了一半。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5564da9929'); // 半ば
{
"id": "5564da9929",
"word": "半ば",
"reading": "なかば",
"romaji": "nakaba",
"meanings": [
"middle",
"half",
"semi",
"halfway",
"partly"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n",
"n-suf"
],
"jmdict_id": 1478780,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼女は40代半ばで再婚した。",
"furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は40{代|だい}{半|なか}ばで{再婚|さいこん}した。",
"en": "She married again in her mid-forties.",
"tatoeba_id": 93529
},
{
"ja": "始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。",
"furigana": "{始|はじ}まりがうまければ{半|なか}ばうまくいったもおなじ。",
"en": "Well begun is half done.",
"tatoeba_id": 168954
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "08590e06dc34f122bffb937829832a8fb46edd894511f0f784649bf2eefe0291",
"meanings": [
"一半",
"中途"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼女は40代半ばで再婚した。",
"zh": "她四十五岁左右再婚了。"
},
{
"ja": "始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。",
"zh": "好的开始就等于成功了一半。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/5564da9929",
"JMdict ent_seq 1478780; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "49a70d80b0c1aa5530f335d144312f53187af9f423b160234ad55da6b33ab7dd"
}
}