Word Meaning 約半分

やくはんぶん yakuhambun

約半分 is read as やくはんぶん (yakuhambun) and means approximately half.

Meaning

English

  1. approximately half

Reading

Kana

やくはんぶん

Romaji

yakuhambun

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 50211 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

約分

やくぶん

reduction (of a fraction to its lowest terms)

面白半分

おもしろはんぶん

for fun

半分

はんぶん

half

興味半分

きょうみはんぶん

half out of interest

慰み半分

なぐさみはんぶん

partly for fun

冗談半分

じょうだんはんぶん

half joking

四半分

しはんぶん

a fourth

半分

はんぷん

half minute

話半分

はなしはんぶん

taking a story with a grain of salt

既約分数

きやくぶんすう

irreducible fraction

半分冗談

はんぶんじょうだん

(talking in a) half-joking manner

一分半

いっぷんはん

a minute and a half

Example Sentences

2

The per capita consumption of rice of Japanese people is about half of what it was fifty years ago.

As a result of new ultra-light materials, our product now only weighs about half as much as before!