面白半分

Meaning

1. adj-nan
   for fun; half in jest

Example sentences

• 面白半分なら来ないで欲しい。

  If you're doing it in fun, I'd rather you didn't come.

• 彼は面白半分にそれをした。

  He did it for fun.

• 試験管を壊したり、おもしろ半分に化学製品をあれこれいじって遊んだが、時には、教師の指示になんとか従って、ずっと以前に他の人々が試みた実験を繰り返すこともした。

  Although I broke test tubes and played about with chemicals for fun, I did occasionally manage to obey the teacher's instructions as well; repeating experiments that others had long ago undertaken.