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Meaning of 中途半端 in Japanese
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中途半端
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Kana Readingちゅうとはんぱ
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Romajichūtohanpa
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
- Meaning
- halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked; half-cocked
- Example sentence
- 物事を中途半端に知っているより、全く知らない方がましだ。 One may as well not know a thing at all, as know it but imperfectly.
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Examples of 中途半端, ちゅうとはんぱ in a sentence
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One may as well not know a thing at all, as know it but imperfectly.
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Don't leave things half done.
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Never do things by halves.
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You may as well not do it at all than do it imperfectly.
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I don't like to leave things up in the air.
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I'll never do anything by halves.
Kanji in this word
端
JLPT 1
14 strokes
edge, origin, end, point, border, verge, cape
On'Yomi: タン
Kun'Yomi: はし, は, はた, -ばた, はな