Because of a shortage of work, half the staff was discharged.
仕事がないために職員の半数が解雇された。
If a women walks on a public street exposing her lower body, it's public indecency. If she walks while exposing her upper body, then it's a violation of article 20(1) of the minor offenses act.
By then Tony was in his middle sixties and still able to work hard, but he had a brand-new truck now, a new mower, a lot of other equipment and three people helping him.
The freight train was held up about half an hour because of a dense fog.
濃霧のため貨物列車は半時間ほど遅れた。
I'll return at 6:30.
私は六時半に帰ります。
He will be here in half an hour.
半時間したら彼はここに来るでしょう。
Mr White arrives in Tokyo at 10:30.
ホワイト氏は１０時半に東京に到着します。
If you go around the Internet, using half-width katakana in various places, eventually you're going to end up pissing off a lot of people.
半角カタカナをインターネット上の色んな所で使えば、いつか顰蹙をかいまくる事になるよ。
Light travels around the earth seven and a half times a second.
光は１秒間に地球を７回半回ります。
The company is equally owned by the two groups.
同社は、二つのグループが半々ずつ所有している。
At best I can do only half of what you did.
私にはせいぜいあなたの半分しか出来ない。
Emmy folded the napkin in half.
エミーはナプキンを半分に折りたたんだ。
I began to stir about 4:30 in the morning, but I didn't get up until 6:00.
私は朝の４時半ごろにそわそわし出したが、６時まで起きなかった。
Please ensure you always include a link-back in your replies. ">>" in plain ASCII + number (e.g. >>1).
回答にはアンカーを必ずつけて下さい。半角で ">>"＋数字（例: >>1）です。
Corporate earnings in the first quarter improved sharply.
企業収益は第１四半期に大きく改善した。
School begins at eight-thirty.
授業は８時半に始まる。
Don't play at the job.
仕事を遊び半分にしてはいけないよ。
This work can be finished in half an hour.
この仕事は半時間で仕上げられます。
The first prohibition of slavery was in the mid-nineteenth century.
初めての奴隷制度禁止令は１９世紀半ばに行われた。
School begins at half past eight in the morning.
授業は午前８時半に始まる。
I am halfway through this detective story.
この推理小説はまだ半分も読んでない。
The equator divides the globe into two hemispheres.
赤道は地球を二つの半球に分ける。
He was bare to the waist.
彼は上半身裸だった。
The price of this book has been reduced by half.
この本の価値は半減した。
Well begun is half done.
出だしがよければ半ばやり遂げたようなものだ。
Six-thirty, it's possible.
できれば、６時半でお願いします。
It took me an hour and a half to get there by car.
車でそこへ行くのに一時間半かかった。
The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
人生の後半というのは、ただ前半に会得した習慣だけで成り立っているのさ。
Deposed in a military coup in September 2006 and having effectively been in exile, the Former premier of Thailand Thaksin has returned after about a year and a half.
