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    3. 半身

    半身

    半はん身しん

    half the body

    KMT8News #23+1CoreNoun, ParticleMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab12 strokes

    はんしん

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    half the body, half length

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    彼かれは半はん身しん麻ま痺ひになった。

    He became paralyzed on one side of his body.

    KMT7Medicine & Health
    事じ故こで彼かれの半はん身しんが動うごかなくなった。

    Half of his body became immobile due to the accident.

    KMT8Medicine & Health
    医い師しは、患かん者じゃの半はん身しんに及およぶ広こう範はん囲いの火やけ傷どを治ち療りょうした。

    The doctor treated extensive burns covering half of the patient's body.

    KMT8Medicine & Health
    脳のう卒そっ中ちゅうの後こう遺い症しょうで、彼かれは半はん身しん不ふ随ずいとなった。

    As a sequela of a stroke, he became paralyzed on one side of his body.

    KMT8Medicine & Health
    彼かれの肖しょう像ぞう画がは、半はん身しん像ぞうとして描えがかれている。

    His portrait is painted as a half-length figure.

    KMT8Art & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    半
    なか.ば…(2)
    half・middle・odd number・semi-・part-
    身
    み…(1)
    somebody・person・one's station in life
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