中途

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 中途, read ちゅうと, combines middle 中 with route or process 途 to denote a point before completion.
• Basic usage: It marks a point before a process is complete, as in 中途で中断する.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Grammar and combinations
  • It does not mean exactly halfway; in the separate compound 中途半端, an evaluation of incompleteness is added.