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ハーフ [gai1]

[n]
▶ half

[n]
▶ biracial person (esp. half-Japanese)
▶ person of mixed parentage

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 1043610 クォーター 2. person with one non-Japanese grandparent
	⇐ see: 2844473 ハーフ顔【ハーフがお】 1. mixed-race features
	⇐ see: 1077110 ダブル 7. biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage

[n] {sports}
▶ half (of a game)

[n] [abbr] {sports}
▶ halfback

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1094760 ハーフバック 1. halfback

[n] {golf}
▶ 9-hole half (of a round)

History:

9.	A 2023-05-08 20:39:08 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -24,0 +25 @@ +<field>&sports;</field>
8.	A 2023-05-08 10:40:13 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7.	A* 2023-05-08 06:46:37 Opencooper
	Refs:	meikyo; daijs
	Diff:	@@ -15,0 +16,16 @@ +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<field>&sports;</field> +<gloss>half (of a game)</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<xref type="see" seq="1094760">ハーフバック</xref> +<misc>&abbr;</misc> +<gloss>halfback</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<field>&golf;</field> +<gloss>9-hole half (of a round)</gloss>
6.	A 2019-07-04 20:42:00 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I too think the straight loanword sense should be first. Among other reasons it's what it means in almost all compounds. Can drop the tag, I guess.
	Diff:	@@ -10 +10,4 @@ -<misc>&sens;</misc> +<gloss>half</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> @@ -14,4 +16,0 @@ -<sense> -<pos>&n;</pos> -<gloss>half</gloss> -</sense>
5.	A* 2019-07-04 17:41:08 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	with gairaigo, we normally put first the sense that corresponds to the foreign word of origin. in addition, every single japanese and japanese-english dictionary lists "half" first. this ordering looks silly
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4.	A* 2019-06-22 13:16:41 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/混% E8%A1%80
	Comments:	I think the biracial sense should come first, still. We normally put the most common sense first. A user literate with our style would otherwise assume it more commonly refers to just "half", which is incorrect. I see the "from half-blood" note in nikk as well but I can't help but I don't think this is actually true. Jawiki has a bit on the etymology but nothing points to it coming fron ハーフブラッド I'm not sure ハーフ should really be tagged as sens (though I'm the one who originally tagged it as such). It is to some people, perhaps, but I think they are a very small minority.
	Diff:	@@ -10 +10,3 @@ -<gloss>half</gloss> +<misc>&sens;</misc> +<gloss>biracial person (esp. half-Japanese)</gloss> +<gloss>person of mixed parentage</gloss> @@ -14,4 +16 @@ -<misc>&sens;</misc> -<s_inf>from "half blood"</s_inf> -<gloss>biracial person (esp. half-Japanese)</gloss> -<gloss>person of mixed parentage</gloss> +<gloss>half</gloss>
3.	A 2012-06-25 23:27:32 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2.	A* 2012-06-25 20:33:14 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	1) i don't think it should come first 2) adding note on etymology (koj, meikyo) 3) restoring "person of mixed parentage" to match def in all kokugos and gg5, prog
	Diff:	@@ -10,3 +10,1 @@ -<misc>&sens;</misc> -<lsource ls_wasei="y">half</lsource> -<gloss>biracial person (esp. half-Japanese)</gloss> +<gloss>half</gloss> @@ -16,1 +14,4 @@ -<gloss>half</gloss> +<misc>&sens;</misc> +<s_inf>from "half blood"</s_inf> +<gloss>biracial person (esp. half-Japanese)</gloss> +<gloss>person of mixed parentage</gloss>
1.	A* 2012-06-25 16:09:09 Marcus
	Refs:	sensitive - http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ハーフ most hits for ハーフ are about the biracial sense. "esp. half-Japanese" as you'll often hear people say　”アメリカ人のハーフ","ドイツ人のハーフ" etc. or just "あのモデルはハーフ", meaning they are half-Japanese half-something else and not just biracial in general.
	Diff:	@@ -10,1 +10,3 @@ -<gloss>half</gloss> +<misc>&sens;</misc> +<lsource ls_wasei="y">half</lsource> +<gloss>biracial person (esp. half-Japanese)</gloss> @@ -14,1 +16,1 @@ -<gloss>someone of mixed race</gloss> +<gloss>half</gloss>

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