- 半分 — half portion
- 前半 — first half
- 後半 — second half
- 半月 — half moon
- 半端 — incomplete / odd / unfinished
- 半袖 — short sleeves
- 半信半疑 — half in doubt / dubious
- 半ライス — a smaller portion of rice
Commonly appears in time expressions (like "half past"), quantity (like "half price"), and in sports to divide a game into halves. It can also express incompleteness or something midway through.
ケーキを半分に分けた。
I divided the cake in half.
試合の後半が始まった。
The second half of the match has started.