半はん纏てん

noun

traditional short winter coat; hanten

A traditional Japanese short winter coat resembling a haori but without side vents (gussets). Often worn indoors or by workers.

See also: 羽織

• 寒さむいので、祖そ母ぼがくれた半はん纏てんを着きている。

  It's cold, so I'm wearing the hanten my grandmother gave me.

• 昔むかしの商しょう家かでは、番ばん頭とうが半はん纏てんを着きて働はたらいていた。

  In old merchant houses, the head clerk worked wearing a hanten.

noun

livery coat; uniform coat

A hanten bearing a family crest or shop mark, worn by employees as a uniform. Often called 印半纏 (shirushi-banten).

See also: 印半纏

• 祭まつりでは、若わかい衆しゅうがそろいの半はん纏てんを着きている。

  At the festival, the young men wear matching livery coats.

noun

half the sky

Only when written 半天

Literally 'half the sky'; used only with the kanji spelling 半天. Rare standalone; more common in poetic or descriptive contexts.

• 半はん天てんを覆おおうような大おおきな虹にじが出でた。

  A huge rainbow appeared, covering half the sky.

noun

mid-air; middle of the sky

Only when written 半天

Refers to a point or area in the middle of the sky. Restricted to the kanji spelling 半天. Rare.

• 花はな火びが半はん天てんで大おおきく開ひらいた。

  The fireworks burst open in mid-air.