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

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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