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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

半なかば

N3
なかば nakaba
  1. middle
  2. half
  3. semi
  4. halfway
  5. partly
nounnoun suffix

Chinese meanings

一半;中途

Examples

  • 彼かの女じょは40代だい半なかばで再さい婚こんした。
    She married again in her mid-forties.
    她四十五岁左右再婚了。
  • 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。
    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"
  }
}