No. 2,996 in Japanese
ハーフ
"ハーフ" refers to a person of mixed heritage, typically half Japanese and half another ethnicity.
In a sentence
彼女は日本人とフランス人のハーフです。
She is half Japanese and half French.
In this sentence, ハーフ refers to a person of mixed origin or heritage, specifically expressing the mix between Japanese and French.
このケーキのハーフを私にくれませんか?
Could you give me half of this cake?
Here, ハーフ is used to mean one half of a whole, applied to sharing an item, in this case, a cake.
今日はマラソンのハーフの部に参加します。
I am participating in the half marathon today.
In this sentence, ハーフ refers to half the distance of a standard marathon, commonly used in sports to denote partial distances.
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