慰なぐさみ半はん分ぶん

noun

half in jest; partly for fun; capricious

Describes doing something not entirely seriously, often with a playful or whimsical motive. Commonly used in the adverbial form 慰み半分に.

• 彼かれは慰なぐさみ半はん分ぶんに小しょう説せつを書かき始はじめた。

  He started writing a novel half for fun.

• 慰なぐさみ半はん分ぶんに言いった言こと葉ばが彼かの女じょを傷きずつけた。

  A remark made half in jest hurt her feelings.