別腹
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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別 | 腹 |
べつ Grade: 4 |
はら > ばら Grade: 6 |
jūbakoyomi |
Compound of 別 (betsu, “separate”) + 腹 (hara, “stomach, belly”). The hara changes to bara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- “separate stomach”: appetite or ability to continue eating after a meal: a hollow leg
- 甘い物は別腹だ。
- Amai mono wa betsubara da.
- I've got a separate stomach (hollow leg) for sweets.
- 甘い物は別腹だ。
- “separate belly”: in reference to siblings who share the same father but have different mothers
Usage notes
[edit]- (hollow leg): This sense often extends to the appetite for or capacity to eat a particular type of food, such as sweets.
Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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別 | 腹 |
べつ > べっ Grade: 4 |
ふく > ぷく Grade: 6 |
on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese compound 別腹 (bhyɛt biuk, literally “separate, other + belly, abdomen”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]References
[edit]- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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