腹

machination; secret plan; plot; trick up one's sleeve

Anatomy

satiety center (of the brain); appetite center; hunger center

Historical term

fan seppuku; death penalty for samurai in which the condemned performs a symbolic disembowelment with a fan before being decapitated

Historical term

fan seppuku; death penalty for samurai in which the condemned performs a symbolic disembowelment with a fan before being decapitated

Rare term

to crawl on one's stomach

Rare term

to lie on one's stomach

Rare term; Physics

antinode

Rare term

to be slightly offended; to be somewhat irritated

Rare term

desperation; despair

Slang; Obsolete term

being pregnant

early morning

Archaic

empty stomach in the morning before eating breakfast

Archaic

triviality; simple matter

to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri

Idiomatic expression

to take responsibility (and resign)

Idiomatic expression; Archaic

to laugh until one splits one's side

Abbreviation

women's obi with a different colour on each side

Orig. meaning

facing each other; being opposite

Archaic

informing each other; coming to terms with one another

belly; flanks

child born to one's legal wife (as opposed to one's concubine, etc.)

to calm down