ハーフ

See also: ハーブ and ハープ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English half.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ハーフ (rōmaji hāfu)

  1. half
  2. a person of mixed race, often Japanese and other ancestry

Derived terms
  • ニューハーフ (nyūhāfu, “shemale, ladyboy”)
  • ハーフアップ (hāfuappu)
  • ハーフコート (hāfukōto)
  • ハーフパンツ (hāfupantsu)
  • ハーフライン (hāfurain)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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