"生半可" meaning in 日本語

See 生半可 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective or Noun

IPA: [na̠ma̠hã̠ŋka̠]
Forms: 生半可, だろ [imperfective], だっ [continuative], [continuative], [continuative], [terminal], [attributive], なら [hypothetical], (無し) [imperative], 生半可だろう, 未然形 + う, 生半可だった [past, completive], 連用形 + た [past, completive], 生半可でない [negative], 連用形 + ない [negative], 生半可になる [intransitive], 連用形 + なる [intransitive], 生半可だ [definitive], 終止形のみ [definitive], 生半可なこと [noun-from-verb], 連体形 + こと [noun-from-verb], 生半可ならば, 仮定形 + ば, 生半可そうだ, 語幹 + そうだ
  1. 中途半端なさま。
    Sense id: ja-生半可-ja-adj_noun-MKhttd1Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: [na̠ma̠hã̠ŋka̠]
  1. 中途半端なこと。
    Sense id: ja-生半可-ja-noun-64iwv3VX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "form": "生半可",
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        "ダ活用"
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      "form": "生半可だろう",
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    },
    {
      "form": "生半可だった",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
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        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生半可でない",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
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        "negative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "連用形 + ない",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生半可になる",
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        "語形"
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      ]
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      "form": "連用形 + なる",
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        "結合"
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    {
      "form": "生半可だ",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
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        "definitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
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        "結合"
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "生半可なこと",
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      "form": "生半可ならば",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
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      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
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        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
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      "form": "生半可そうだ",
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        "中途半端なさま。"
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        "東京式"
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      "form": "(無し)",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "生半可だろう",
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      ]
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生半可だった",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "生半可でない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "連用形 + ない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生半可になる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + なる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生半可だ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生半可なこと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生半可ならば",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生半可そうだ",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "様態"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "語幹 + そうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "様態"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj_noun",
  "pos_title": "形容動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "中途半端なさま。"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "なまはんか",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Heiban"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なまはんか",
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        "東京式"
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ma̠hã̠ŋka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "生半可"
}

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