<entry id="2198531" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2855715</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>志半ば</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>こころざしなかば</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<s_inf>usu. as 〜で or 〜にして</s_inf>
<gloss>leaving one's objective incomplete</gloss>
<gloss>leaving one's ambition unfulfilled</gloss>
<gloss>being unable to achieve one's goal</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2022-07-24 00:24:50" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>Not sure which verb tense is appropriate for glosses like these.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>jitsuyou

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬────────╮
│ 志半ば　　　　　 │ 33,262 │
│ こころざしなかば │    230 │
╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴────────╯</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-07-24 08:35:53" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>I think it's an adverb. Certainly not a noun.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>志半ば	33262
志半ばに	8190
志半ばで	21209</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -11 +11 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-07-25 18:37:03" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>It is a noun, as shown by the 〜で/〜にして usage. 志半ば itself isn't adverbial.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://meaning-dictionary.com/%E3%80%8C%E5%BF%97%E5%8D%8A%E3%81%B0%E3%80%8D%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AF%EF%BC%9F%E6%84%8F%E5%91%B3%E3%82%84%E4%BD%BF%E3%81%84%E6%96%B9%E3%80%81%E4%BE%8B%E6%96%87%E3%81%AA%E3%81%A9%E5%88%86%E3%81%8B%E3%82%8A/
https://word-dictionary.jp/posts/4623
志半ば	        33262	  
志半ばで	        21209	  
志半ばに	        8190	    
志半ばにして	6179</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv;&lt;/pos&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;left incomplete&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;left unfinished&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;usu. as 〜で or 〜にして&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;leaving one's objective incomplete&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;leaving one's ambition unfulfilled&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;being unable to achieve one's goal&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-07-25 23:14:12" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>The total lack of 志半ばが... cases made me really doubt it's a noun.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-07-26 10:06:00" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Not all nouns are used with が/を.</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>