でべそ
でべそ
noun
outie belly button
1.
outie belly button, protruding navel
A belly button that sticks out rather than going inward. A common childhood vocabulary word, as children often notice and comment on belly buttons.
でべそだ！
It's an outie!
うちの子はでべそです。
My child has an outie belly button.
でべそは珍しくないよ。
Having an outie isn't unusual.
KANJI: Can be written as 出べそ or 出臍.
WORD FORMATION: 出 (protruding, sticking out) + へそ (臍, belly button). The へ becomes べ due to rendaku.
CHILDHOOD CONTEXT: Children often tease each other about outies, making this a common playground word. It sometimes appears in children's songs and rhymes.
MEDICAL TERM: 臍ヘルニア (umbilical hernia) is the medical term for a protruding navel in infants.
CONTRAST: The opposite (an innie) has no special common term; it's just a normal へそ.