ハーフ

See also: ハーブ and ハープ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English half.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ハーフ [háꜜàfù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠ːɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ハーフ (rōmaji hāfu)

half
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

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

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