なるへそ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
なるヘソ

Etymology

Humorous shift from 成程 (naru hodo, “of course, just as you say”, interjection of agreement), replacing 程 (hodo, “extent, degree, as much as”) with 臍 (heso, “navel, belly button”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) なるへそ [nàrú hésó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [na̠ɾɯ̟ he̞so̞]

Interjection

なるへそ • (naru heso) 

  1. (slang, humorous) alternative form of 成程 (naru hodo)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.