半はん身み

noun

half-body stance; L-shaped stance

A stance used in martial arts (e.g., aikido, kenjutsu) and traditional theater (e.g., noh), where one leg is bent forward and the other extended back, forming an L-shape. The term is technical and domain-specific.

• 合あい気き道どうでは、半はん身みの構かまえから技わざを始はじめる。

  In aikido, techniques begin from the half-body stance.

• 能のう楽がく師しは半はん身みで静せい止しし、次つぎの動うごきに備そなえる。

  The noh performer pauses in the half-body stance, preparing for the next movement.