Japanese

Noun

腹芸 ‎(hiragana はらげい, romaji haragei)

1. a technique used by actors to convey emotion without verbal speech or gesture
2. a performance carried out while standing on the belly of another person who is lying down
3. a performance made by drawing a face on one's abdomen and moving it by dancing to create funny expressions
4. going with one's gut, using one's intuition

Idioms

• 腹芸 (はらげい)を見 (み)せる ‎(haragei o miseru): “to show one's intuition” → to be especially tactful or clever in handling a sensitive situation

References

1. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3