Illustration: At the work counter of a Japanese sweet shop, an assistant has packed round bean-filled sweets into identical boxes, each with six individual compartments. Several completed boxes sit open with every compartment occupied.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

半はん端ぱ

hanpa

incomplete, uneven

Often describes an odd or leftover amount. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 半端はんぱな時間じかんに自転車じてんしゃに乗のるだけだ。

    I only ride a bicycle at odd times.

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  2. 棚たなに半端はんぱな長ながさの板いたが残のこっている。

    There’s a leftover board of an odd length on the shelf.

    Written by AI for Bebop

  3. 半端はんぱな数かずの卵たまごが残のこっているから、買かい足たそう。

    We have an odd number of eggs left, so let’s buy some more.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 半端

  • 半half; middleOnハンKunなかば
  • 端edge; originOnタンKunはし・は・はた

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