腹芸

腹芸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腹	芸
はら Grade: 6	げい Grade: 4
yutōyomi

Etymology

Compound of 腹 (hara, “belly”) +‎ 芸 (gei, “performance, artistic skill”).

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
  • (Tokyo) はらげー [hàrágéé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) はら​げー [hàráꜜgèè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾa̠ɡe̞ː]

Noun

腹芸 (hiragana はらげい, rōmaji haragei)

1. a technique used by actors to convey emotion without verbal speech or gesture
2. a performance carried out while standing on the belly of another person who is lying down
3. a performance made by drawing a face on one's abdomen and moving it by dancing to create funny expressions
4. going with one's gut, using one's intuition

Idioms

• 腹芸 (はらげい)を見 (み)せる (haragei o miseru): “to show one's intuition” → to be especially tactful or clever in handling a sensitive situation

References

1. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN