抱ほう腹ふく絶ぜっ倒とう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

laughing uncontrollably; splitting one's sides laughing

A yojijukugo describing extreme, convulsive laughter. Often used in literary or emphatic contexts.

• 彼かれの冗じょう談だんに、会かい場じょうは抱ほう腹ふく絶ぜっ倒とうの渦うずとなった。

  His joke sent the audience into convulsions of laughter.

• そのコメディアンの演えん技ぎには抱ほう腹ふく絶ぜっ倒とうした。

  I split my sides laughing at that comedian's performance.