Word Meaning 蛇腹

じゃばら jabara

蛇腹 is read as じゃばら (jabara) and means bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.)
  2. cornice
  3. pleated shape
  4. accordion pleats
  5. pleated flexible design
  6. rickrack
  7. ricrac
  8. wave-shaped braid

Reading

Kana

じゃばら

Romaji

jabara

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 135968 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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蛇腹糸

じゃばらいと

tightly twisted thread

蛇腹伏せ

じゃばらぶせ

pleated stitch

蛇腹縫い

じゃばらぬい

pleated stitch

じゃ

snake

蛇行

だこう

meandering

蛇の目

じゃのめ

umbrella with bull's-eye pattern

蛇口

じゃぐち

faucet

蛇行運転

だこううんてん

erratic driving

蛇心仏口

じゃしんぶっこう

being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness

蛇体

じゃたい

body of a snake

渋り腹

しぶりばら

bowel pains

異腹

いふく

child of a different mother