JLPT N1 · な-adjective

半端 (hanpa)

半端 (はんぱ, hanpa) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “remnant; fragment”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はんぱ
Romaji: hanpa
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

remnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness · noun, な-adjective
fraction; odd sum · noun
halfway; half-hearted; perfunctory · な-adjective, noun
irresponsible; foolish · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

半端な時間に自転車に乗るだけだ。

I only ride a bicycle at odd times.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 半端

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	半端だ	はんぱだ hanpada
Present (polite)	半端です	はんぱです hanpadesu
Negative	半端じゃない	はんぱじゃない hanpajanai
Past	半端だった	はんぱだった hanpadatta
Negative past	半端じゃなかった	はんぱじゃなかった hanpajanakatta
Te-form	半端で	はんぱで hanpade
Before a noun	半端な	はんぱな hanpana
Adverb (~ni)	半端に	はんぱに hanpani

Kanji in 半端

半

half, middle, odd numberハン・なか.ば · 5 strokes

端

edge, origin, endタン・はし・は · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 半端.

半はんhalf半分はんぶんhalf大半たいはんmajority半ばなかばmiddle半径はんけいradius半島はんとうpeninsula過半数かはんすうmajority端はしend (e.g. of street)途端とたんjust (now, at the moment, etc.)先端せんたんpointed end極端きょくたんextreme

Source: JMdict entry 1479640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.