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expression

Idiomatic expression.
  1. what a joke!, don't make me laugh!.

expression, Godan verb

Idiomatic expression.
  1. to split one's sides laughing, to be convulsed with laughter, one's navel boils water (using the heat generated by laughing).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
へ
 
そ
 
が
ちゃ
茶
 
を
わ
沸
 
か
 
す
へそが茶を沸かす へそがちゃをわかす
へそ
臍
 
が
ちゃ
茶
 
を
わ
沸
 
か
 
す
臍が茶を沸かす へそがちゃをわかす
 
へ
 
そ
 
が
ちゃ
茶
 
を
 
わ
 
か
 
す
へそが茶をわかす へそがちゃをわかす
へそ
臍
 
が
ちゃ
茶
 
を
 
わ
 
か
 
す
臍が茶をわかす へそがちゃをわかす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

tea
チャ サ ちや (2nd, N4)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
seethe, boil, ferment
わ.く フツ (Early High School, N2)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
dollar, two arrows tied together
どる フツ ホチ (Kentei Pre-1)
bow, bow (archery, violin)
ゆみ キュウ こ (2nd, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ