middle; halfway; midway — the middle position or point in a process or space.
嵐の半ばで船が難破した。
The ship was wrecked in the middle of the storm.
会議は半ばを過ぎて休憩に入った。
The meeting passed the halfway point and went into a break.
駅までの道の半ばで雨が降ってきた。
It started raining halfway on the way to the station.
half (of); one half — referring to 50% or one of two equal parts.
彼は仕事の半ばを友人に任せた。
He left half of the work to a friend.
箱の中身の半ばが壊れていた。
Half of the contents of the box were broken.
partly; in part — used adverbially to indicate that something is true to some extent.
彼の冗談は半ば本気だった。
His joke was partly serious.
彼女は半ば諦めかけているように見えた。
She seemed half resigned.
mostly; almost; nearly — used adverbially to mean almost entirely or to a large extent.
その説明は半ば嘘だった。
That explanation was almost a lie.
彼は半ばあきらめた顔をしていた。
He had a face that was almost resigned.