半分（はんぶん、hanbuん）
- half

The word 半分 (半分; はんぶん) means "half" or "a half". It refers to one of two equal parts of something. It can be used for various things, such as quantities, time, or portions.

⚫︎リンゴを 半分 食べました。 Translation: I ate half of the apple. ⚫︎ケーキを 半分 ずつ分けましょう。 Translation: Let's split the cake in half. ⚫︎授業は 半分 終わりました。 Translation: The class is halfway over.

⚫︎半分 is used to indicate a portion that is equal to one-half of the whole. ⚫︎It is typically placed before the noun or concept it modifies. ⚫︎It can be used in both formal and informal situations.

⚫︎The word is primarily written as 半分 using kanji. ⚫︎The reading in hiragana is はんぶん. ⚫︎There are no variations in okurigana (suffix hiragana). ⚫︎You will not see this word written in katakana.

⚫︎二分の一 (にぶんのいち): One-half (more formal or used when emphasizing the fraction)

⚫︎全部 (ぜんぶ): All, the whole ⚫︎全体 (ぜんたい): The whole, the entirety

このピザは 半分 だけ食べましょう。 ・Translation: Let's eat only half of this pizza. ・Explanation: This sentence suggests that the speaker and potentially others will consume one half of the pizza.

試験の 半分 は理解できました。 ・Translation: I understood half of the exam. ・Explanation: This implies that the speaker understood a portion of the material covered in the exam.

The word 半分 is a combination of two kanji: 半 (半分; はん), meaning "half", and 分 (ぶん), meaning "part" or "portion". Together, they literally translate to "half part".