半数はんすう
hansū

Noun
no-Adjective

1. half the number; half (of an amount)

学生がくせい半数はんすうやすんでいた。
gakusēno hansūga yasunde ita.
Half the students were absent.
Noun
no-Adjective

2. haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont

Biology