半はん

noun, used as a prefix, noun

half; semi-; partial

Used as a prefix or noun to indicate half of something, or something incomplete/partial. Very common in compounds.

• このケーキの半はん分ぶんを食たべてもいい？

  Can I eat half of this cake?

• 半はん年とし前まえに日本にほんへ引ひっ越こしました。

  I moved to Japan half a year ago.

noun, used as a suffix

half-past

Used as a suffix after an hour number to indicate half-past that hour.

• 会かい議ぎは三さん時じ半はんに始はじまります。

  The meeting starts at half past three.

noun

odd number

Refers to an odd number, often used in contrast to 丁 (even number).

See also: 丁

• サイコロで半はんが出でたら勝かちです。

  If an odd number comes up on the dice, you win.

noun

han (old land unit)

Archaic unit of land area, approximately 595.8 square meters. Not used in modern contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、この村むらの田たんぼは五ご半はんあったと記き録ろくされている。

  It is recorded that this village had five han of rice paddies in the Edo period.