How to say "midway" in Japanese

• 中間ちゅうかんJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounThe middle point or zone lying between two things: use it where English says 'midway between A and B', whether the two ends are physical places or points on a scale.
• 中途ちゅうとJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounPartway through a journey, process, or course of action. It often carries the nuance of stopping or leaving something unfinished before the end, rather than simply being en route.
  私わたしたちは山やまの中途ちゅうとまで登のぼった。↗

  We went halfway up the mountain.
• 半ばなかばJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)The middle part or halfway point of something: use it where 'midway' means the central portion of one thing taken as a whole, rather than the midpoint between two separate ends.
  彼女かのじょは４０代だい半なかばで再婚さいこんした。↗

  She married again in her mid-forties.
• 途中とちゅうJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, adverbBeing on the way, or in the middle of an ongoing journey, activity, or event: use it when 'midway' means partway through something in progress, such as a trip or a piece of work.
  途中とちゅうであきらめるな。↗

  Don't give up halfway.

Choose 中間 for the midpoint between two points or extremes, 「半ば」 for the middle part of a single thing, and 中途 or 途中 for being partway through a journey or undertaking, 途中 stressing being on the way.

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• 中間ちゅうかんmiddle
• 中途ちゅうとhalfway
• 半ばなかばmiddle
• 中ほどなかほど(about) middle
• 道半ばみちなかばhalfway (through, complete)
• 途中とちゅうin the middle of