"半ば" meaning in All languages combined

See 半ば on Wiktionary

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [na̠ka̠ba̠] Forms: 半ば [canonical] (ruby: (なか)), nakaba [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|なかば}} 半(なか)ば • (nakaba)
  1. half
    Sense id: en-半ば-ja-noun-oRrgZGnG
  2. almost, fairly, pretty much
    Sense id: en-半ば-ja-noun-MK422MQx Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 97 1 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 95 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 95 2
  3. halfway, the middle
    Sense id: en-半ば-ja-noun-vFFlxN9S

Download JSON data for 半ば meaning in All languages combined (2.0kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "半ば",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "半",
          "なか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakaba",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "なかば"
      },
      "expansion": "半(なか)ば • (nakaba)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to go on a trip for half of a month",
          "roman": "tsuki no nakaba wa tabi ni deteiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "月",
              "つき"
            ],
            [
              "半",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "旅",
              "たび"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "月の半ばは旅に出ている"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "half"
      ],
      "id": "en-半ば-ja-noun-oRrgZGnG",
      "links": [
        [
          "half",
          "half"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 97 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 95 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 95 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm pretty much giving up",
          "roman": "nakaba akirameteiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "半",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "諦",
              "あきら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "半ば諦めている"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "almost, fairly, pretty much"
      ],
      "id": "en-半ば-ja-noun-MK422MQx",
      "links": [
        [
          "almost",
          "almost"
        ],
        [
          "fairly",
          "fairly"
        ],
        [
          "pretty much",
          "pretty much"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A man at middle of 30s, or around 35",
          "roman": "sanjū dai nakaba no otoko",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "三十代",
              "さんじゅうだい"
            ],
            [
              "半",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "三十代半ばの男"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "halfway, the middle"
      ],
      "id": "en-半ば-ja-noun-vFFlxN9S",
      "links": [
        [
          "halfway",
          "halfway"
        ],
        [
          "middle",
          "middle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "なかば"
    },
    {
      "other": "なかば"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ka̠ba̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "半ば"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "半ば",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "半",
          "なか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakaba",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "なかば"
      },
      "expansion": "半(なか)ば • (nakaba)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to go on a trip for half of a month",
          "roman": "tsuki no nakaba wa tabi ni deteiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "月",
              "つき"
            ],
            [
              "半",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "旅",
              "たび"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "月の半ばは旅に出ている"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "half"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "half",
          "half"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm pretty much giving up",
          "roman": "nakaba akirameteiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "半",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "諦",
              "あきら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "半ば諦めている"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "almost, fairly, pretty much"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "almost",
          "almost"
        ],
        [
          "fairly",
          "fairly"
        ],
        [
          "pretty much",
          "pretty much"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A man at middle of 30s, or around 35",
          "roman": "sanjū dai nakaba no otoko",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "三十代",
              "さんじゅうだい"
            ],
            [
              "半",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "三十代半ばの男"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "halfway, the middle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "halfway",
          "halfway"
        ],
        [
          "middle",
          "middle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "なかば"
    },
    {
      "other": "なかば"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ka̠ba̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "半ば"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.