半ば (なかば, nakaba) Japanese meaning: middle | KotomoraMeanings
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He left the meeting halfway through.
We took a break at a shop midway along the road.
Usage patterns
〈時〉の半ばthe middle of <a time period, e.g. a month or century>
I moved into a new apartment in mid-September.
〈事〉を半ばであきらめるto give up on <something> halfway through
He gave up on the marathon halfway through.
半ば強制的に〈動詞〉to almost forcibly/practically make someone do <verb>
I was practically forced to take part.
〈数〉代半ばin one's mid-<decade>s
He is a man in his mid-thirties.
半ば〈形容詞〉、半ば〈形容詞〉partly ~, partly ~ (mixed feelings or motives)
〈事〉は半ば成功した<something> was almost/mostly a success
You could say the plan was mostly a success.
His words were half serious, half joking.
