Word Meaning 脇腹
脇腹 is read as わきばら (wakibara) and means illegitimate child.
Meaning
English
- illegitimate child
- child born by someone other than one's wife
- side (of the torso)
- flank
Reading
Kana
わきばら
Romaji
wakibara
Writing Variants
- わき腹 わきばら wakibara
Stroke Sequence
2 Characters • 23 Total StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
Related Vocabulary
Max. 12切腹
せっぷく
seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
Example Sentences
6脇腹が痛みます。
I have a pain in my side.
脇腹が少し痛い。
I have a slight pain in my side.
彼は脇腹が痛いのです。
He has pains in his side.
突然脇腹に痛みが走った。
I felt a sudden pain in my side.
えへへへ、私は運痴だから、ちょっと走ると、すぐに脇腹が痛くなっちゃうの。
He-heh-heh, I'm terrible at sports so if I run a while my sides hurt right away.
若い頃ってさぁ、結婚式に行くのが嫌で嫌でたまらなかったわ。おばあちゃんや叔母さんたちがさぁ、寄って集って私の脇腹を突いては「次はあんたの番よ！あんたの！」なんて言いながら、クスクス笑うのよ。私がさぁ、葬式で同じことし始めたらさぁ、あの人たち、やっとこのくだらないことをやめてくれたわ。
When I was younger, I hated going to weddings. My grandmothers and aunts would huddle around me, poke me in the side, and giggle "You're next! You're next!" They only stopped this nonsense when I began to do the same thing at funerals.