Illustration: At a neighborhood football ground, a referee blows the whistle as a forward finishes a last hurried shot and the goalkeeper catches the ball. Along the touchline, the coach has just brought out water bottles and gathered the players for the midway interval.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

前ぜん半はん戦せん

zenhansen

first half of a game

Example sentences

前半戦ぜんはんせんは相手あいてのチームが優勢ゆうせいだった。
The other team had the advantage in the first half.
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私わたしたちのチームは前半戦ぜんはんせんで二点取にてんとった。
Our team scored two points in the first half.
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前半戦ぜんはんせんが終おわると、選手せんしゅたちは水みずを飲のんだ。
When the first half ended, the players drank some water.
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Kanji in 前半戦

前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ
半half; middleOnハンKunなかば
戦war; battleOnセンKunいくさ・たたかう・おののく

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