Half Finished
Half Assed
noun, な adjective, の adjective
Take the middle route, half to the edge. You don't do anything the full way. Just to the middle. Just to the half. Not to the edge. This was really half finished and half assed of you.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well. The ぱ at the end is the only tricky part here since that isn't a common reading (or the one you learned before) for the kanji. Just think of your ol' Pa (ぱ), who is the biggest half-asser you know.
今思うと、すごく中途半端なことをしてたと思います。
Thinking back now, I was doing it by halves.
中途半端に物事を学んだとしても、それが全て無だになるわけじゃないよ。
Even when you learn something and quit in the middle, what you have learned won't all go in vain.
そういう中途半端な態度が一番ムカつくんだよ。
That kind of half-hearted attitude is what pisses me off the most.
俺は中途半端な生き方をしてきたかもしれないけど、マフィアに入りたいって思ったことは一度もないよ。
My life may be incomplete, but I would never dream of joining the mafia.