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水曜日, 4月 16, 2008

はんぱ (半端)

This one wasnt so easy to guess by the kanji, even though familiar. Litterly "incomplete" or "fraction" of something. It seems to mean "idiot" if you add 者 (もの, in this case) to the end or an odd job (as in not regular?) if you add 仕事 (しごと) to it. From the book I'm reading.