Word Meaning 半身

はんみ hammi

半身 is read as はんみ (hammi) and means stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater).

Meaning

English

  1. stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)

Reading

Kana

はんみ

Romaji

hammi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 39494 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

半艇身

はんていしん

half a boat length

半身像

はんしんぞう

half-length statue or portrait

半身浴

はんしんよく

half body bathing

下半身

かはんしん

lower half of the body

上半身

かみはんしん

upper half of the body

右半身

みぎはんしん

right half of the body

左半身

ひだりはんしん

left half of the body

半身不随

はんしんふずい

hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)

上半身裸

じょうはんしんはだか

naked above the waist

半導体

はんどうたい

semiconductor

半島

はんとう

Korea

Example Sentences

7

Tom is barechested.

Tom was stripped to the waist.

Please undress from the waist up.

The boy was naked to the waist.

I can only think of my wife as an half-paralysed animal.

However, Vince, on Jen's house's veranda, was naked from the waist up. He might even have been starkers!

If a women walks on a public street exposing her lower body, it's public indecency. If she walks while exposing her upper body, then it's a violation of article 20(1) of the minor offenses act.