布袋腹
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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布 | 袋 | 腹 |
ほ Grade: 5 |
てい Grade: S |
はら > ばら Grade: 6 |
on’yomi | irregular | kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
From 布袋 (Hotei, one of the Seven Lucky Gods, known for being fat) + 腹 (hara, “belly”), literally “Hotei belly”. The hara changes to bara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN