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なかば 半ば

1

〈半分〉

half

半ば無意識に

half unconsciously

半ば口を開いたまま

with one's mouth half‐open

用例

仕事はもう半ば出来上がった. The work is already half finished [halfway to completion]. 仕事はまだ半ばしか出来上がっていない. The work is only half finished.

2

〈中央, 中程〉

the middle

月の半ばに

in the middle of the month

1970 年代の半ばに

in the mid‐1970s

試験半ばに

when the examinations are half over

halfway through the examinations

演説の半ばで

in the middle [【形式ばった表現】 midst] of one's speech

学業半ばで

(when one is) halfway through school [college]

(年齢が)50 代の半ばである

be in one's middle fifties

用例

学期半ばで退学した. He left school in midterm.

3

〈ある程度〉

partly; in part

半ば病気のためである

be partly due to one's illness

半ば商用半ば遊山で

partly on business and partly for pleasure.

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半ば

読み方 なかば

名詞

1

（＝半分）a half:（形容詞、副詞に訳せば）half:（幾分かの意味に用いれば）partly; partially; in part:（=する） to be equally divided

用例

工事は半ば竣工した
The works are half completed.

始め好ければ半ばの成功
A good beginning is half the battle―“Well begun is half done.”

彼の成功は半ば僥倖だ
His success is partly―in part―due to luck.

評判は半ば本当だ
The report is partly true.

評判は半ば本当なだけだ
The port is only partially true.

可否相半ばす
The ayes and noes are equally divided.

〈以下特例〉

用例

悦びと悲しみ相半す
I feel mingled joy and sorrow.

功罪相半ばす
His merits and faults offset each other.

百里行く者は九十九里をもって半ばとす
“There's many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip.”

この事実を見ても氏の人格は思い半ばに過ぎん
From this fact alone, his character may be imagined.

2

（＝真中）the middle （of the month）; the midst （of one's talk, etc.）

用例

来月半ばに行く
I am going at the middle of next month.

彼は話半ばにして口をつぐんだ
He stopped in the midst of his talk.

弁士は演説半ばにして行きなやんだ
The speaker broke down in the midst of his speech.

討論半ばにして警報あり
There was an alarm in the midst of the debate.

JMdict

半ば

読み方：なかば

（副詞的名詞、名詞、名詞  接尾辞） middle; half; semi; halfway; partly

JST科学技術用語日英対訳辞書

半ば

the middle

日本語WordNet(英和)

半ば

【副詞】

half

部分的にまたは半分の範囲に

(partially or to the extent of a half)

he was half hidden by the bushes 彼は低木に半分隠れていた

【名詞】

1 middle

ある区分けの中間の部分

(an intermediate part or section)

A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end- Aristotle 「全体には、始まり、中間、そして終わりがある」――アリストテレス

2 one-half, half

割り切れる全体の2等分の1

(one of two equal parts of a divisible whole)

half a loaf 塊の半分 half an hour 半時間 a century and one half 1世紀半

3 middle

一時的な期間の初めと終わり間の時間

(time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period)

the middle of the war 戦争中 rain during the middle of April 四月半ばの雨

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読み方 ナカバ

approximately；halfway；half