お腹

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
なか
Grade: 6
irregular
Alternative spellings
御腹
御中

Compound of (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ (naka, insides; innards, stomach). Originally coined as a deliberately indirect 女房詞 (nyōbō kotoba, woman's word) for (hara, belly, gut).[1][2]

The use of the character to spell (naka) appears to be a relatively recent shift; many dictionaries still list 御中 or お中 as the standard spelling for this term,[1][2][3][4] but usage trends clearly show that this お腹 spelling is now more common for the belly senses.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(なか) (onaka

  1. belly, tummy, stomach, abdomen
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
はら
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Compound of (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ (hara, stomach, belly).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(はら) (ohara

  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete, honorific) a person used as a form of mildly honorific indirect reference to someone
  2. (uncommon) one's mother, specifically one's birth mother
  3. (uncommon, honorific) someone's belly

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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