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ハーフ
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1. half​
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2. biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage​
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3. half (of a game)​Sports
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4. halfback​Sports, Abbreviation, See also ハーフバック
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5. 9-hole half (of a round)​Golf
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6. Hafu​The word hafu is used in Japanese to refer to somebody who is biracial, i.e. ethnically half Japanese. The label emerged in the 1970s in Japan and is now the most commonly used label and preferred term of self-definition. The word hafu comes from the English word "half" indicating half foreign-ness.
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