Word Meaning 脇腹

わきばら wakibara

脇腹 is read as わきばら (wakibara) and means illegitimate child.

Meaning

English

  1. illegitimate child
  2. child born by someone other than one's wife
  3. side (of the torso)
  4. 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 Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Synonyms 横っ腹,横腹 Rank 164090 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

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わき

second verse (in a linked series of poems)

脇役

わきやく

supporting role (actor)

脇見

わきみ

looking aside

はら

anti-node

空腹

くうふく

empty stomach

船腹

せんぷく

side or bottom of a ship

満腹

まんぷく

full stomach

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)

立腹

りっぷく

anger

裏腹

うらはら

opposite

下っ腹

したっぱら

abdomen

中腹

ちゅうふく

halfway up (down) a mountain