慰み

なぐさみ

amusement, diversion (to pass time), pastime, recreation

半分

はんぶん はんぷん

half minute

慰み物

なぐさみもの

source of amusement, plaything

慰み者

なぐさみもの なぐさみしゃ

(person treated as a) plaything

気慰み

きなぐさみ

diversion

手慰み

てなぐさみ

fingering an object (in killing time), amusing oneself, gambling

半分こ

はんぶんこ

halfsies, splitting evenly between two people

話半分

はなしはんぶん

taking a story with a grain of salt, hearing only half the story

一分半

いっぷんはん いちふんはん

a minute and a half

四半分

しはんぶん

a fourth, quarter

約半分

やくはんぶん

approximately half

冗談半分

じょうだんはんぶん

being somewhat (half) joking, half seriously, half in jest, in a jocular vein

面白半分

おもしろはんぶん

for fun, half in jest

遊び半分

あそびはんぶん

half in fun

半分冗談

はんぶんじょうだん

(talking in a) half-joking manner

興味半分

きょうみはんぶん

half out of interest; mostly out of curiosity

慰留

いりゅう

dissuasion from resigning or leaving

慰労

いろう

recognition of services

慰安

いあん

solace, relaxation