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半ばなかば

medium; half

Noun · Adverbe

東京とうきょうでは、１１月がつ半ばなかばに寒いさむい季節きせつが始まりはじまります。

In Tokyo, the cold season starts in mid-November.

Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: \N · French : sak_sm

Parts of speech

Noun · Noun used as a suffix · Adverbe

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English dictionary meanings

middle
halfway
midway
half (of)
one half
half (e.g. done, jokingly)
partly
in part
partially
mostly
almost
nearly

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