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わきばら

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
脇腹
わき腹

Etymology

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From (わき) (waki) + (はら) (hara). The hara changes to bara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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わきばら (wakibaraわきばら (wakibara)?

  1. sides of the body around the stomach
  2. a child born to somebody else than the father's legal wife; an illegitimate child

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN