半はん熟じゅく

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

Describes food that is partially cooked, especially eggs (soft-boiled, runny yolk) or meat. Often used with 卵 (egg).

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

half-ripe; unripe

Used for fruit or vegetables that are not fully ripe. Less common than the cooking sense; often replaced by 未熟 (みじゅく) in modern speech.

〈物もの〉を半はん熟じゅくに茹ゆでるto boil something (esp. an egg) until it's half-cooked/soft-boiled
卵たまごを半はん熟じゅくに茹ゆでて、サラダにのせた。
I boiled the eggs until soft-boiled and put them on the salad.
〈物もの〉が半はん熟じゅくだfor a fruit or vegetable to still be half-ripe
このトマトはまだ半はん熟じゅくで、少すこし酸すっぱい。
This tomato is still half-ripe and a bit sour.

未み熟じゅくN1sense 2
未熟 covers unripe fruit or immature skills/character broadly, while 半熟 is limited to food (especially eggs) that is only partly cooked or ripe.

固かたゆで sense 1
固茹で describes an egg boiled until fully firm, the opposite doneness from 半熟's soft, runny result.
完かん熟じゅく sense 2
完熟 means fully ripe, the opposite of 半熟's half-ripe state for fruit.

生なまN3sense 1
生 means completely raw/uncooked, whereas 半熟 means partially cooked, like an egg with a runny yolk.

Compound of 半 (half) and 熟 (ripen, mature, cook). The meaning follows directly from the kanji components.