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：2026/01/06
話半分
Hiragana
はなしはんぶん
Noun
Japanese Meaning
うのみにせず、割り引いて聞くこと。話を全部は信用しない受け止め方。 / 相手の話を全面的には信頼せず、ほどほどのところで受け止める態度。
Easy Japanese Meaning
人のはなしをすべてはしんじずに、なかみをへらしてきいておくこと
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
半信半疑，不尽信其言 / 保留地听信他人之言 / 只当参考，不全当真
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
對他人言語只信一半的態度 / 對消息抱持保留、半信半疑 / 聽傳聞時打折扣的心態
Korean Meaning
말을 액면 그대로 믿지 않고 듣는 일 / 말의 절반만 믿고 받아들이는 태도 / 과장이나 허풍을 감안해 걸러 듣기
Vietnamese Meaning
chỉ tin một nửa (lời kể) / nghe mà giữ hoài nghi, không tin hoàn toàn
Tagalog Meaning
pagtanggap sa kuwento nang may pag-aalinlangan / hindi lubos paniwalaang kuwento / pakikinig na hindi todo paniniwala
Sense（1）
taking a story with a grain of salt
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I always take his stories with a grain of salt.
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