ハーフ

See also: ハーブ and ハープ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English half.[1]

Pronunciation

Module error: The module returned a nil value. It is supposed to return an export table.

Noun

ハーフ • (hāfu)

half
a person of mixed race, often Japanese

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)

Descendants

→ English: hafu

References

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.