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ほうほうの体 (houhounotei) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Scolded by his boss, he scurried out of the room in a fluster.
Chased by a dog, the cat scuttled away in a panic.
Related words 逃に げる 逃げる is the general verb for 'to flee' or 'to escape'. ほうほうの体 adds the nuance of a hurried, undignified, or shameful retreat.
慌あわ てふためく 慌てふためく means 'to be flustered' or 'to panic'. ほうほうの体 describes the resulting state or manner of fleeing, not the emotion itself.
Written forms ほうほうの 体てい
Most common modern spelling; uses hiragana for the mimetic part and kanji for 体.
這々ほうほう の 体てい
Kanji spelling with 々 repetition mark; literary or emphatic, but less common in everyday writing.
這ほ う 這ほ うの 体てい
Full kanji repetition spelling; very rare and mostly found in older texts.
這這ほうほう の 体てい
Kanji spelling without repetition mark; even rarer than 這々の体.
Etymology Originally written 這う這うの体, the phrase depicts someone barely managing to crawl away and hence escaping in a flustered or miserable state.
