腹芸

はらげい

Meanings

1. Noun (an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; psychological performance
2. implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality)
3. performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly

Kanji

• 腹 belly. Read as はら.
• 芸 art. Read as ゲイ.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists