はらばい

Japanese

Alternative spellings
腹這い
腹這 (dated)
腹ばい

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らばい [hàrábáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ɾa̠ba̠i]

Noun

はらばい • (harabaiはらばひ (farabafi)?

  1. lying on one's stomach
  2. crawling on one's stomach (on all fours)

Verb

はらばい • (harabaiはらばひ (farabafi)?

  1. stem or continuative form of はらばう (harabau) [godan]

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN