はんぺん

noun

pounded fish cake; hanpen

A soft, white, square or triangular fish cake made from ground white fish and yam, often used in oden or soups. The word is almost always written in kana.

• おでんにはんぺんを入いれてください。

  Please put some hanpen in the oden.

• はんぺんはふわふわしていて、だしをよく吸すう。

  Hanpen is fluffy and absorbs broth well.

noun

half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub

Only when written 半片 / 半平

Rare, kanji-specific meaning. Refers to half of a flat item like a slice of something or a ticket. The reading はんぺい is restricted to the 半平 spelling.

• 半はん片ぺんの切きっ符ぷでは入にゅう場じょうできない。

  You cannot enter with half a ticket.

• この半はん片ぺんは何なんの半はん片ぺんですか。

  What is this half a slice of?