- はらげい
- はらげい【腹芸】1 〔役者の〕 a technique for conveying the qualities of a character without relying on gestures or words.
●腹芸を見せる convey an explicit understanding of a character [role].
2 〔度胸で物事を処理すること〕 the implicit signaling of one's intentions; relying on the force of one's personality to accomplish something.●あいつは政治家なのに腹芸ができない. For a politican, he certainly doesn't have [show] much savvy.
●腹芸を見せる act on the strength of [use the force of] one's personality.
3 〔曲芸師の〕 drawing a face or other picture on one's stomach and animating it by flexing the abdominal muscles.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.