He began his meal by drinking half a glass of ale.tatoeba
彼は宿題を半分しかやらない。はんぶん
He leaves his homework half-finished.tatoeba
彼は概して８時半頃会社に着く。じはん
As a rule, he arrives at the office about eight-thirty in morning.tatoeba
Additional Examples
彼は半分行った所でレースから脱落してしまった。
He dropped out halfway into the race.tatoeba
彼は半身不随です。
He is paralyzed down one side.tatoeba
彼は半時間で２マイル歩いた。
He walked two miles in half an hour.tatoeba
Real voices: how native speakers say it
These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.
半額セールに目がない
はんがくせーるにめがないI can't resist a half-price sale.
中途半端に見えてしまい微妙だ
ちゅうとはんぱにみえてしまいびみょうだIt ends up looking half-baked, so it's so-so
待望のゴールでスタジアムの半分が激しく揺れる
たいぼうのごーるですたじあむのはんぶんがはげしくゆれるAt the long-awaited goal, half the stadium shakes violently.