half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
upper half of the body; upper body
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
half the body; half length
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
semi-transparent; translucent
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
partly open; in half bloom
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
being about to cry; the verge of tears
reduction by half; halving
half and half; fifty-fifty
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary
(top) half naked; naked above the waist
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
merman; half man-half fish
half a point (esp. in go)
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
half-human and half-beast
short pants; shorts; breeches; knickerbockers
halfsies; splitting evenly between two people
half-crying; being on the verge of crying
all but dead; half killed
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour
semiconductor; solid-state
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
(talking in a) half-joking manner
semibasement; semi-basement
traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat
half a ri (distance measure)
grayish color; greyish colour; grizzled hair
stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)
quality collar for an under kimono
first half of the game or match
hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)
half-holiday; taking half of the day off
half tatami mat; heckling; jeering; interrupting
semicircular; crescent-shaped; half-moon
even and odd numbers (on dice); chō-han; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even
half-human, half-beast; therianthropic
half out of interest; mostly out of curiosity
looking furious; looking like one's about to blow their top
half-term; half-time; half period
half body bathing; hip bath
half-width characters (e.g. romaji); single-byte characters; en quad
radius of action; sphere of activity
half-open; partly open; semicivilized; semicivilised
first half of the year; first half of the fiscal year
almost living together; spending most nights with one's partner
half-holiday; sixth round (in a game of 12 rounds)
a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable
partial destruction by fire
superficial knowledge; smatterer
latter half of one's life
half-game consisting of an east and south round
semi-erection; half-boner
half a ken (3 shaku, approx. 0.91m)
hermaphrodite; intersexual; androgynous; bisexual (characteristics)
crow dipper (Pinellia tuber); 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
nearly half a day; approximately half a day
Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa Prefecture)
semi-governmental; semi-official
half of a piece of paper; half-size paper; (ticket) stub
Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis); 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
half-burnt; half-done; half-baked; rare
western hemisphere; the Occident
second half of the year; second half of the fiscal year
half a ri (measure of length); halfway
chō-han bakuchi; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even
something unfinished; something incomplete; idiot
cutting in half; painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper; half-size paper
gaiters; leggings; puttees
half-length statue or portrait; bust
low shoes; shoes; informal riding shoes without an ankle strap
odd piece; incomplete set; odds and ends
the last half-year; second half of the year
the first half-year; first half of the year
half-opened door (car door, etc.)
half-agricultural and half-fishing (village or economy)
partly for fun; capricious
Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)
half-width cloth (approx. 18 cm)
comedian who plays a lover's part; man who is both handsome and fun
goat-god; satyr; Pan; Faunus
handakuten; diacritic kana mark that turns h into p
eastern hemisphere; the Orient
semigloss; semimatte; semimat
half awake and half asleep
hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)
half-width space; en space
short-sleeved (or sleeveless) undergarment worn by aristocratic men
semiconsciousness; half-consciousness; unconsciousness; subconsciousness
superficial knowledge; half knowledge
half watch ashore; port and starboard liberty; shore leave for half of a ship's crew at once
half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh
semi-arid; semiarid; semidry
half asleep and half awake
statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya)
half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh
half-year (sometimes esp. as an Edo-period duration of employment); half of a season
loosely organized criminal gang; non-yakuza organized crime group
semi-manual (e.g. manufacture)
one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary; (lit.) waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat
flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
circular error probability (measure of missile accuracy); circular error probable; CEP
having buttock cleavage exposed (e.g. when sitting)
half-width character; single-byte character (ASCII, single-byte kana from JIS 201, etc.)
half-width obi (kimono sash)
small sum; things of little value
haploid (organism, cell, etc.)
half again of a designated unit
semitransparent body; translucent body
underdeveloped country; half-civilized country; half-civilised country
returning half of a consolatory or celebratory gift
half-erect (e.g. building)
semiperishable sweets; half-dry confectionery
a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable
semi-presidential system; dual executive system
semi-major axis (esp. in orbital matters)
enjoying food, drink and entertainment in a small room
form of martial art using a short cane staff
lunula (white crescent-shaped area at the base of a nail); nail moon
half portion of noodles or fried rice; half ball (of noodles)
teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids; basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands
Diet session up to the creation of the budget
remainder of the Diet session after the creation of the budget
half-face makeup; makeup on half the face
hemichordate (any worm of phylum Hemichordata)
Japanese book size (approx. 17.5cm by 25cm)
half-duplex transmission; half-duplex communications
partial building damage comprising 50-70% of the surface area
superficial knowledge; half knowledge
Hemichordata (phylum of marine deuterostomes)
gallium arsenide semiconductor
last quarter (of the year)
wake; vigil (that does not last the full night)
metal oxide semiconductor; MOS
half power beamwidth (also 3dB beamwidth)
partially ordered set; poset; semi-ordered set
peninsular country (e.g. Italy, Korea)
Metal Oxide Semiconductor; MOS
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor; CMOS
reflexive partial ordering
quarterly earnings announcement
first cousin once removed
maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
semi-gloss paper; semi-glossy paper
decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi
semimonthly (publication)
semi-minor axis (esp. in orbital matters)
half-width Roman character
semi-transmissive liquid crystal
semi-transmissive liquid crystal display; semi-transmissive LCD
semi-transmissive liquid crystal panel
Korean living in Japan; person of Korean descent
light-brown rice; half-polished rice; partially polishing rice
FWHM; full width half maximum; spectral width
blindness; half-blindness
bottlenose dolphin; bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)
tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera); tuliptree; yellow poplar
approximately thirty minutes
unit of land area (orig. 595.044 m^2)