Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
はら
Grade: 6
げい
Grade: 4
yutōyomi
Alternative spelling
腹藝 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of (hara, belly) +‎ (gei, performance, artistic skill).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(はら)(げい) (haragei

  1. a technique used by actors to convey emotion without verbal speech or gesture
  2. a performance carried out while standing on the belly of another person who is lying down
  3. a performance made by drawing a face on one's abdomen and moving it by dancing to create funny expressions
  4. going with one's gut, using one's intuition

Idioms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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