Turtle belly - Kamebara

Japanese: 亀腹 - かめばら

〘Noun〙① A disease in which water or gas accumulates in the intestines, causing the abdomen to swell and the veins to appear blue like a tortoise shell. Intestinal fullness . [Wamyosho, 10 volumes (c. 934)]② Refers to the abdomen of a pregnant woman. *Joruri, Hime Komatsuko Hi no Yu (1757), vol. 2 "She returns with a turtle-like belly." ③ The round, bun-shaped part of the foundation of a building or the bottom of the pillars of a torii gate, which is hardened with plaster or similar . *Nobunaga Koki (1598), vol. 1 "The great moat has become so hazy that they have dug it up into her belly, and made it strong."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 腸管内に水またはガスがたまり、腹部がふくれて静脈が亀甲のように青く現われる病気。腸満(ちょうまん)。〔十巻本和名抄（934頃）〕② 妊婦の腹のこと。※浄瑠璃・姫小松子日の遊（1757）二「つい亀腹に成って戻る」③ 建築物の基礎の部分や、鳥居の柱下などを丸く漆喰(しっくい)などで固めた、まんじゅう形の部分。※信長公記（1598）首「大堀霞むばかりかめ腹にほり上げ、丈夫に構へ候」

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