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9 Feb 2016
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半分日本人です。 does this sound natural?
半分日本人です。 does this sound natural?
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A little unnatural
In Japan,generally
Like You could say "私はハーフです"
In addition
e.g) You can also say
"私は日本人とアメリカ人のハーフです" =I'm mixed with American and Japanese.
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- Japanese
Natural
It could work in the following context:
A:あれ? 外国の方じゃないんですか?
B:あー。半分日本人です。
A:え?
B:あのー。アメリカとのハーフです。
A:あー、そういうことですか。
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Natural
ちなみに皆さんの言うとおり、 英語でいうmixed raceの人は、一般的に和製英語でハーフ(half)といいます。 :)
"半分日本人です"、 というか "ハーフです" 、というかは、
個人の好みと、あと文脈によるかもしれません。
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A little unnatural
I complete agree with @nobu_japan san & @mimi11 san

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