話半分
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 話 | 半 | 分 |
| はなし Grade: 2 |
はん Grade: 2 |
ぶん Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi | on’yomi | |
Etymology edit
From 話 (“story”) + 半分 (“half”). Literally "only trust half of the story".
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) はなしはんぶん [hànáshíháꜜǹbùǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2][3]
- (Tokyo) はなしはんぶん [hànáshíháńbúꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [6])[1][2][3]
- IPA(key): [ha̠na̠ɕihã̠mbɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]
Noun edit
話半分 • (hanashihanbun)
- taking a story with a grain of salt
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN