Illustration: In an apartment kitchen, a resident takes the fifteenth tea sachet from a monthly organizer with thirty identical pockets arranged in five rows of six. The first fourteen pockets are empty; the pocket being emptied brings the used portion to exactly half.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

半はん月つき

hantsuki

half a month

はんげつ is also used for half a month. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 巡回開講じゅんかいかいこう、1回かいにつき半月はんつき~1ヶ月程度かげつていど。

    It gave rotating lecture tours each lasting about two weeks to one month.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 日本にっぽんでは、日ひの出でが最もっとも遅おそい日ひは冬至とうじの半月はんつき後頃ごごろであり、日ひの入いりが最もっとも早はやい日ひは冬至とうじの半月前頃はんつきまえごろである。

    In Japan, the latest sunrise occurs about half a month after Toji, and the earliest sunset about half a month before it.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 高原こうげんの影響えいきょうを受うけるため、月ヶ瀬梅林つきがせばいりんに生育せいいくする梅うめの開花期かいかきは奈良市中心部ならしちゅうしんぶよりも半月はんつきほど遅おくれ、3月がつの中旬ちゅうじゅんから下旬げじゅんに満開まんかいとなることが多おおい。

    Because it is situated on highlands, the plum trees in Tsukigase Bairin tend to reach full bloom around mid- to late March, half a month later than those in the center of Nara City.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 半月

  • 半half; middleOnハンKunなかば
  • 月month; moonOnゲツ・ガツKunつき

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