Japanese Word Entry

先腹
Kana:さきばら
Romaji:sakibara
Definitions:
  1. child from an earlier wife

  2. preceding one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku)

Alternative form:
  • 先腹 【 せんぷく (senpuku)、 せんばら (senbara) 】


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Chinese characters used in this word

before, ahead, previous, future, precedence, first, former
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄢ (xiān)
Cantonese: sin1
Japanese: セン (sen) / さき (saki)、 ま.ず (mazu)、 さきんじる (sakinjiru)
Korean: 선 (seon)
Vietnamese: tiên, tiến

abdomen, belly, stomach, inside
Readings
Mandarin: ㄈㄨˋ (fù)
Cantonese: fuk1
Japanese: フク (fuku) / はら (hara)、 いだく (idaku)
Korean: 복 (bog)
Vietnamese: phúc, phục