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Hara hachi bun me (腹八分目) (also spelled hara hachi bu, and sometimes misspelled hari hachi bu) is a Confucian [1] teaching that instructs people to eat until they are 80 percent full. [2] The Japanese phrase translates to "Eat until you are eight parts (out of ten) full", [ 2 ] or "belly 80 percent full". [ 3 ]
The Hara or lower Dantian, as conceptualised by the Chinese and Japanese martial arts, is important for their practice, because it is seen, as the term "Sea of Qi" indicates, as the reservoir of vital or source energy (Yuan Qi). It is, in other words, the vital centre of the body as well as the centre of gravity.
What does "hara hachi bu" mean? To break it down, “hara hachi bu” directly translates in Japanese to “belly 80 percent full,” or eating until you’re 80 percent full, says Kouka Webb, RN ...
Haragei (腹芸, はらげい) is a Japanese concept of interpersonal communication. [1] It also appears in martial arts circles, with a somewhat different meaning; see below. Literally translated, the term means "stomach art", and it refers to an exchange of thoughts and feelings that is implied in conversation, rather than explicitly stated. [1]
4640 Hara, a main-belt asteroid; Hara, the botanical author abbreviation of Japanese mycologist Kanesuke Hara; Hara, a fish genus in the order Siluriformes; Hara (given name) Hara (surname) Hara (tanden) (腹), a Japanese technical term used in medicine and martial arts referring to a specific place on or the whole of the lower abdomen
An ōnusa, which is used in certain types of harae.. Harae stems from the myth of Susano-o, the brother of the Sun goddess Amaterasu.According to the myth, while Amaterasu was supervising the weaving of the garments of the gods in the pure weaving hall, Susano-o broke through the roof and let fall a heavenly horse which had been flayed.
Harajuku is known internationally as a center of Japanese youth culture and fashion. [2] Shopping and dining options include many small, youth-oriented, independent boutiques and cafés, but the neighborhood also attracts many larger international chain stores with high-end luxury merchandisers extensively represented along Omotesando.
Words of Japanese origin have entered many languages. Some words are simple transliterations of Japanese language words for concepts inherent to Japanese culture. The words on this page are an incomplete list of words which are listed in major English dictionaries and whose etymologies include Japanese.