半 ば nakaba
nakaba
Noun
, Suffix
1. middle; halfway; midway
このボートのエンジンがハワイへの航路 のなかばで駄目 にならなければよいね。
kono bōtono enjinga hawaieno kōrono nakabade dameni naranakereba yoine.
Let's hope this boat engine doesn't give up the ghost when we're halfway to Hawaii.
kanojowa yonjūdai nakabade saikon shita.
She married again in her mid-forties.
Noun
2. half (of); one half
jinsētowa nanidearukao shitta toki sudeni shōgaino nakabawa sugite iru.
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
Adverb
3. half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly; in part; partially
dedashiga yokereba nakaba yaritogeta yōna monoda.
Well begun is half done.
Adverb
4. mostly; almost; nearly
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このボートのエンジンがハワイへの航路 のなかばで駄目 にならなければよいね。
kono bōtono enjinga hawaieno kōrono nakabade dameni naranakereba yoine.
Let's hope this boat engine doesn't give up the ghost when we're halfway to Hawaii.
kanojowa yonjūdai nakabade saikon shita.
She married again in her mid-forties.
jinsētowa nanidearukao shitta toki sudeni shōgaino nakabawa sugite iru.
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
dedashiga yokereba nakaba yaritogeta yōna monoda.
Well begun is half done.
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