How to say semi in Japanese

半ば^★【なかばnakaba】: adverbial noun / noun / suffix noun:
middle; half; semi; halfway; partly

Example Sentences

「ここkoko ってtte・・・蝉semi のno 声koe がga 東京toukyou とto 違うchigau」「あらまっarama、よくyoku 気がついたkigatsuita ことkoto。貴女kijo、良いyoi 音感onkan してるshiteru わwa よyo」: "Here ... the sound of the cicadas is different." "Oh my, I'm impressed you noticed. You've got a good sense of pitch!"
彼kare はha 和洋折衷wayousetchuu のno 家ie にni 住んでいるsundeiru。: He lives in a house built in a semi foreign style.
セミSEMI がga 鳴いているnaiteiru。: Cicadas are singing.
あみami でde せみsemi をwo 捕まえたtsukamaeta。: We captured cicadas with a net.
せみsemi のno 幼虫youchuu がga、くもkumo のno 巣su にni つかまっtsukama てte 羽化uka をwo しshi たta。: The cicada nymph was caught in a spider web, grew wings and flew away.

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