話半分

Japanese

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

From 話 (“story”) +‎ 半分 (“half”). Literally "only trust half of the story".

Pronunciation

(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

話(はなし)半(はん)分(ぶん) • (hanashihanbun)

taking a story with a grain of salt

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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