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胃袋をつかむ (いぶくろをつかむ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

胃い袋ぶくろをつかむ

Meanings

1

expression, godan verb (-mu)

win someone's heart through their stomach; attract someone with food

Idiomatic expression meaning to use good cooking to gain someone's affection or favor, often in a romantic or domestic context.

彼かの女じょは手て料りょう理りで彼かれの胃い袋ぶくろをつかんだ。
She won his heart through his stomach with her home cooking.
胃い袋ぶくろをつかむのが恋れん愛あいの

秘ひ

訣けつ

だ

と

言い

う

人ひと

も

いる

。

Some people say that the secret to romance is to win someone over through their stomach.

Written forms

胃い袋ぶくろをつかむ
Standard kanji spelling using つかむ in kana.
胃い袋ぶくろを掴つかむ
Alternate spelling using the kanji 掴む; less common but still seen.

Kanji

胃stomach, paunch, crop
袋sack, bag, pouch
掴catch, seize, grasp

Similar words

胃い袋ぶくろ
Literally 'stomach'; used here metaphorically as the target of culinary affection.
つかむ
Literally 'to grab' or 'to seize'; in this idiom it means to capture someone's heart or favor through food.

Etymology

A set phrase combining 胃袋 (stomach) and つかむ (grab), metaphorically meaning to capture someone's affection by satisfying their appetite. The exact origin is uncertain, but it reflects a common cultural notion that good food can win favor.