なかば

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a suffix

    middle, halfway, midway

    • このボートのエンジンがハワイへの航路のなかばで駄目にならなければよいね。
      Let's hope this boat engine doesn't give up the ghost when we're halfway to Hawaii.
    • 彼女は40代半ばで再婚した。
      She married again in her mid-forties.
  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    half (of), one half

    • 人生とは何であるかを知ったとき、すでに生涯の半ばは過ぎている。
      Life is half spent before we know what it is.
  3. adverb (fukushi)

    half (e.g. done, jokingly), partly, in part, partially

    • 出だしがよければ半ばやり遂げたようなものだ。
      Well begun is half done.
  4. adverb (fukushi)

    mostly, almost, nearly