半期(はんき)

はんき
noun
half year; half term
time-periodbusiness
1. half year; half term
Half of a year or of a fixed period, especially half of a company's fiscal year or one semester of a university year.
半期(はんき)ごとに決算(けっさん)を行(おこな)う。
Accounts are settled every half year.
半期(はんき)に一度(いちど)の大(おお)セールが始(はじ)まった。
The big twice-yearly sale has started.
この授業(じゅぎょう)は半期(はんき)だけなので、後期(こうき)には別(べつ)の科目(かもく)を取(と)らなければならない。
This course runs for only one semester, so I have to take another subject in the second term.

Compounds

Usage

  • In business, most Japanese companies' fiscal year runs from April, so the first 半期(はんき) is April to September. At universities, a 半期(はんき) course lasts one semester, as against a full-year course.

Related Words

Related: 下期(しもき) (second half (of a fiscal year))
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Added 2026.9.30 2:06 · Revised 2026.10.5 21:34
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