"半端ない" meaning in Japanese

See 半端ない in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [hã̠mpa̠na̠i] Forms: 半端ない [canonical] (ruby: (はん), ()), 半端ない [canonical] (ruby: 半端(ハンパ)), hanpanai [romanization], 半端なく [adverbial] (ruby: (はん), ())
Head templates: {{ja-adj|はんぱない|ハンパない|infl=i}} 半(はん)端(ぱ)ない or 半端(ハンパ)ない • (hanpanai) -i (adverbial 半(はん)端(ぱ)なく (hanpanaku))
  1. to a great degree, total, impressive
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "半",
          "はん"
        ],
        [
          "端",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "半端ない",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "半端",
          "ハンパ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanpanai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "半端なく",
      "roman": "hanpanaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "半",
          "はん"
        ],
        [
          "端",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
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  "lang": "Japanese",
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        },
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          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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        "to a great degree, total, impressive"
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          "great",
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        [
          "total",
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        ],
        [
          "impressive",
          "impressive"
        ]
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      "other": "はんぱない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hã̠mpa̠na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "半端ない"
}
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "半",
          "はん"
        ],
        [
          "端",
          "ぱ"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "半端ない",
      "ruby": [
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          "半端",
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        ]
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    },
    {
      "form": "hanpanai",
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    },
    {
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        [
          "半",
          "はん"
        ],
        [
          "端",
          "ぱ"
        ]
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      ]
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "半(はん)端(ぱ)ない or 半端(ハンパ)ない • (hanpanai) -i (adverbial 半(はん)端(ぱ)なく (hanpanaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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    {
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        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese い-i adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to a great degree, total, impressive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "total",
          "total"
        ],
        [
          "impressive",
          "impressive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "other": "はんぱない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hã̠mpa̠na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "半端ない"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 半端ない meaning in Japanese (1.4kB)

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