半はん旗き

noun

half-mast flag; flag at half-staff

Used in mourning or commemorative contexts. Often appears in the phrase 半旗を掲げる (to fly a flag at half-mast).

• 国こく葬そうの日ひ、各かく地ちで半はん旗きが掲かかげられた。

  On the day of the state funeral, flags were flown at half-mast across the country.

• 弔ちょう意いを示しめすため、半はん旗きを掲かかげてください。

  Please fly the flag at half-mast to express condolences.