太鼓腹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	鼓	腹
たい Grade: 2	こ Grade: S	はら > ばら Grade: 6
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Etymology

From 太鼓 (taiko, “drum”) +‎ 腹 (hara, “belly”). The hara changes to bara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいこばら [tàíkóbárá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ta̠iko̞ba̠ɾa̠]

Noun

太(たい)鼓(こ)腹(ばら) • (taikobara)

potbelly
Synonym: 布袋腹 (hoteibara)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN