前ぜん半はん生せい

noun

first half of one's life

Refers to the earlier part of a person's life, often up to around middle age. Used in biographical or reflective contexts.

• 彼かれは前ぜん半はん生せいを海かい外がいで過すごした。

  He spent the first half of his life abroad.

• 自じ伝でんでは前ぜん半はん生せいの苦く労ろうが詳くわしく語かたられている。

  In the autobiography, the hardships of the first half of his life are described in detail.