半ば (なかば): middle, halfway — Japanese vocabulary
半ば is read なかば and means "middle, halfway". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
半ば
- Reading
- なかば · nakaba
- Translation
- middle, halfway
- Level
- JLPT N3
- Pitch accent
- なかばがなかばが
Example
出だしがよければ半ばやり遂げたようなものだ。
でだしがよければなかばやりとげたようなものだ。
Well begun is half done.
Kanji in this word
- 半 — half
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