屁をひる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 屁 |
| へ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 屁を放る |
Etymology
Phrase composed of 屁 (he, “fart”) + を (o, object particle) + 放る (hiru, “to excrete, to discharge, to expel out of the body”).[1] Literally, “to let off a fart”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [he̞ o̞ çiɾɯ̟]
Phrase
屁をひる • (he o hiru)
- (dated, mildly vulgar) to fart, to break wind
- Synonyms: (literally “to squeeze off a fart”) 屁をこく (he o koku), (slightly more polite, compare “to break wind”) おならする (onara suru), (slightly more polite, compare “to break wind”) 放屁する (hōhi suru)
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 屁をひら | へをひら | he o hira |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 屁をひり | へをひり | he o hiri |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 屁をひる | へをひる | he o hiru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 屁をひる | へをひる | he o hiru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 屁をひれ | へをひれ | he o hire |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 屁をひれ | へをひれ | he o hire |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 屁をひられる | へをひられる | he o hirareru |
| Causative | 屁をひらせる 屁をひらす |
へをひらせる へをひらす |
he o hiraseru he o hirasu |
| Potential | 屁をひれる | へをひれる | he o hireru |
| Volitional | 屁をひろう | へをひろう | he o hirō |
| Negative | 屁をひらない | へをひらない | he o hiranai |
| Negative continuative | 屁をひらず | へをひらず | he o hirazu |
| Formal | 屁をひります | へをひります | he o hirimasu |
| Perfective | 屁をひった | へをひった | he o hitta |
| Conjunctive | 屁をひって | へをひって | he o hitte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 屁をひれば | へをひれば | he o hireba |
Idioms
- 屁を放って尻を窄める (he o hitte shiri o subomeru): “to let off a fart and then pucker one's butt” → metaphor for making a mistake and then trying to take it back
Related terms
- 屁放り (hehiri, “farting; a farter”)
- 屁っ放り腰 (heppiri-goshi, “a posture with one's rear extended as if farting”)
- 屁放り虫 (hehiri mushi, “a bombardier beetle”)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN