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    3. 中途半端

    中途半端

    中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱ

    halfway

    KMT8News #19+1Noun, Adjective, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab33 strokes

    中途ハンパ

    ちゅうとはんぱ

    Noun, Adjective, Particle

    1.
    halfway, half measures, unfinished, incomplete, by halves, half-baked, half-cocked, half-hearted, half-arsed, half-assed
    yojijukugo

    Stroke 0 / 33

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    中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱな仕し事ごとはしたくない。

    I don't want to do a half-hearted job.

    KMT5Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱな気き持もちで始はじめたダイエットは、すぐに挫ざ折せつしてしまった。

    The diet I started with half-hearted feelings quickly ended in failure.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれはいつも何なに事ごとも中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱに終おわらせてしまう。

    He always leaves everything unfinished.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    プロジェクトが中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱな状じょう態たいで放ほう置ちされ、チームの士し気きが下さがった。

    The project was left in an incomplete state, and the team's morale dropped.

    KMT8Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱな知ち識しきでは、問もん題だいの本ほん質しつを見み抜ぬくことはできない。

    With incomplete knowledge, one cannot grasp the essence of a problem.

    KMT9EducationEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    中
    なか・うち・あた.る…(3)
    in・inside・middle・mean・center
    途
    みち…(1)
    route・way・road
    半
    なか.ば…(2)
    half・middle・odd number・semi-・part-
    端
    はし・は・はた・-ばた・はな…(3)
    edge・origin・end・point・border…(2)
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