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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, to boil tea with one's navel (using the heat generated by laughing).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
へ
 
そ
 
で
ちゃ
茶
 
を
わ
沸
 
か
 
す
へそで茶を沸かす へそでちゃをわかす
へそ
臍
 
で
ちゃ
茶
 
を
わ
沸
 
か
 
す
臍で茶を沸かす へそでちゃをわかす
 
へ
 
そ
 
で
ちゃ
茶
 
を
 
わ
 
か
 
す
へそで茶をわかす へそでちゃをわかす
へそ
臍
 
で
ちゃ
茶
 
を
 
わ
 
か
 
す
臍で茶をわかす へそでちゃをわかす

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