布袋腹

Japanese
Kanji in this term
布 袋 腹
ほ
Grade: 5		 てい
Grade: S		 はら > ばら
Grade: 6
on’yomi irregular kun’yomi

Etymology

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
  • (Tokyo) ほてーばら [hòtéébárá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞te̞ːba̠ɾa̠]

Noun

布(ほ)袋(てい)腹(ばら) • (hoteibara) 

  1. potbelly
    Synonym: 太鼓腹 (taikobara)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
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