屁をひる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
屁
へ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
屁を放る

Etymology

Phrase composed of 屁 (he, “fart”) + を (o, object particle) + 放る (hiru, “to excrete, to discharge, to expel out of the body”). Literally, “to let off a fart”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [he̞ o̞ çiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Phrase

屁(へ)をひる • (he o hiru) 

1. (dated, mildly vulgar) to fart, to break wind

   Synonyms: (literally “to squeeze off a fart”) 屁をこく (he o koku), (slightly more polite, compare “to break wind”) おならする (onara suru), (slightly more polite, compare “to break wind”) 放屁する (hōhi suru)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "屁をひる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	屁をひら	へをひら	he o hira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	屁をひり	へをひり	he o hiri
Shūshikei ("terminal")	屁をひる	へをひる	he o hiru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	屁をひる	へをひる	he o hiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	屁をひれ	へをひれ	he o hire
Meireikei ("imperative")	屁をひれ	へをひれ	he o hire
Key constructions
Passive	屁をひられる	へをひられる	he o hirareru
Causative	屁をひらせる 屁をひらす	へをひらせる へをひらす	he o hiraseru he o hirasu
Potential	屁をひれる	へをひれる	he o hireru
Volitional	屁をひろう	へをひろう	he o hirō
Negative	屁をひらない	へをひらない	he o hiranai
Negative continuative	屁をひらず	へをひらず	he o hirazu
Formal	屁をひります	へをひります	he o hirimasu
Perfective	屁をひった	へをひった	he o hitta
Conjunctive	屁をひって	へをひって	he o hitte
Hypothetical conditional	屁をひれば	へをひれば	he o hireba

Idioms

• 屁(へ)を放(ひ)って尻(しり)を窄(すぼ)める (he o hitte shiri o subomeru): “to let off a fart and then pucker one's butt” → metaphor for making a mistake and then trying to take it back

Related terms

• 屁放(へひ)り (hehiri, “farting; a farter”)
• 屁(へ)っ放(ぴ)り腰(ごし) (heppiri-goshi, “a posture with one's rear extended as if farting”)
• 屁放(へひ)り虫(むし) (hehiri mushi, “a bombardier beetle”)