先さき腹ばら

noun

child from a previous wife

Refers to a child born to a man's earlier wife, in contrast to children from a later marriage. Often used in historical or family contexts.

See also: 後腹 (あとばら)

• 彼かれは先さき腹ばらの子こで、後あと腹ばらの弟おとうととは年としが離はなれている。

  He is a child from his father's earlier wife, and there is a big age gap with his younger half-brother from the later wife.

noun

preceding one's master in death by seppuku

Only with reading さきばら

Historical term for a retainer committing ritual suicide before or upon the death of their lord, as an act of loyalty. Contrasts with 追い腹 (oibara), where the retainer follows the master in death.

See also: 追い腹

• 忠ちゅう義ぎを示しめすため、家か臣しんは主しゅ君くんに先さき立だって先さき腹ばらを切きった。

  To demonstrate loyalty, the retainer committed seppuku before his lord's death.