半生 (はんせい)half a lifetime

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Kanji in 半生

時半じはんhalf past (the hour)
前半ぜんはんfirst half
半分はんぶんhalf
後半こうはんsecond half; latter half
半はんhalf; semi-
大半たいはんmajority; more than half
半導体はんどうたいsemiconductor; solid-state
半年はんとしhalf a year; six months
学生がくせいstudent (esp. a university student)
生活せいかつliving; life (one's daily existence)
生産せいさんproduction; manufacture
人生じんせい(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
先生せんせいteacher; instructor
厚生省こうせいしょうMinistry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
年生ねんせいpupil in ... year; student in ... year
新生しんせいrebirth; new birth

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