腹(はら)痛(いた)い

はらいたい
adjective (i)
having a stomachache; hilarious enough to hurt
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present腹(はら)痛(いた)い腹(はら)痛(いた)くない
Past腹(はら)痛(いた)かった腹(はら)痛(いた)くなかった
て form腹(はら)痛(いた)くて腹(はら)痛(いた)くなくて
Adverbial腹(はら)痛(いた)く—
Conditional ば腹(はら)痛(いた)ければ腹(はら)痛(いた)くなければ
Conditional たら腹(はら)痛(いた)かったら腹(はら)痛(いた)くなかったら
1. having a stomachache; one's stomach hurts
Casual i-adjective form of 'stomach hurts', built from 腹(はら) (stomach) + 痛(いた)い (painful). Used as a direct complaint about an upset stomach.
昨日(きのう)から腹(はら)痛(いた)い。
My stomach has been hurting since yesterday.
冷(つめ)たい物(もの)を食(た)べすぎて腹(はら)痛(いた)くなった。
I ate too many cold things and got a stomachache.
朝(あさ)から腹(はら)痛(いた)くて、今日(きょう)は会社(かいしゃ)を休(やす)むことにした。
My stomach's been hurting since this morning, so I decided to take the day off.
2. so funny it hurts; gut-bustingly funny
Colloquial figurative use, said when something is so hilarious that one's stomach actually aches from laughing. Equivalent to English 'my stomach hurts from laughing'.
腹(はら)痛(いた)い、笑(わら)いすぎた。
My stomach hurts — I laughed too much.
この動画(どうが)、腹(はら)痛(いた)いくらい面白(おもしろ)い。
This video is so funny my stomach hurts.
彼(かれ)のものまねは毎回(まいかい)腹(はら)痛(いた)くなるほど爆笑(ばくしょう)してしまう。
His impressions always crack me up until my stomach actually hurts.

Casual fused adjective. In careful speech, sense 1 would be お}{腹(なか)が痛(いた)い; 腹(はら)痛(いた)い is a shortened, more abrupt version typical of male speech and online posts.

REGISTER:

  • Casual; avoid in business or to superiors. Use お}{腹(なか)が痛(いた)い or 腹痛(ふくつう)がする in polite contexts.
  • Sense 2 (so funny it hurts) is especially common in social media and chat.

SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS:

  • お}{腹(なか)が痛(いた)い: standard, neutral form
  • 腹痛(ふくつう): stomachache (formal noun, used by doctors and on packaging)
  • 笑(わら)いすぎてお腹(なか)が痛(いた)い: literal version of sense 2 in polite speech
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