布袋腹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
布	袋	腹
ほ Grade: 5	てい Grade: S	はら > ばら Grade: 6
on'yomi	irregular	kun'yomi

Etymology

From 布袋 (Hotei, one of the Seven Lucky Gods, known for being fat) +‎ 腹 (hara, “belly”), literally “Hotei belly”. The hara changes to bara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほてーばら [hòtéébárá] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ho̞te̞ːba̠ɾa̠]

Noun

布(ほ)袋(てい)腹(ばら) • (hoteibara) 

1. potbelly

   Synonym: 太鼓腹 (taikobara)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 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