Kanji腹
Readingばら
Frequency6%
Used in (50 in total)
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
abdomen; stomach; (lower) abdominal region; hypogastrium
side; flank
paying one's own way
dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full
belly; abdomen
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats
illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)
side or bottom of a ship; ship's hold; bottoms; shipping; tonnage; freight space
potbelly; paunch
to pay with one's own money; to pay out of one's own pocket
one's side; spleen
there's always room for dessert; (lit.) there's another stomach for dessert
belly of a pregnant woman
empty stomach; hunger
being forced to commit seppuku; to be forced to bear responsibility and resign from one's position
potbelly; beer belly
following one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku)
to be forced to bear the responsibility and resign; to be driven out of office
beer belly; potbelly
afterbirth pains; afterpains; repercussions; consequences; child from a later wife
woman who has produced only daughters
taking for granted; rash conclusion
legitimate (child)
potbelly; protruding belly
woman who has borne only male children
secretly slitting one's belly (and only eventually revealing one's mortal wound) (in kabuki, bunraku, etc.)
surviving on rice gruel
stomach filled with tea
bowel pains; painful loose bowels
potbelly; beer belly
to be slightly offended; to be somewhat irritated
abdominal chills; diarrhea; diarrhoea
white plaster bun-shaped mound (used to support base stones, etc.)
anger; passion
fan seppuku; death penalty for samurai in which the condemned performs a symbolic disembowelment with a fan before being decapitated
child from an earlier wife; preceding one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku)
waterlogged stomach; allaying hunger with water
stomach pain due to worms
fan seppuku; death penalty for samurai in which the condemned performs a symbolic disembowelment with a fan before being decapitated
anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; (lit.) tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time
diarrhoea; diarrhea; loose bowels
desperation; despair
back pain due to the cold accompanying a snowfall
tightly twisted thread
child born to one's legal wife (as opposed to one's concubine, etc.)
belly; flanks