八はち分ぶ目め

noun

eight-tenths; 80%

Often used in the phrase 腹八分目 (hara hachibunme), meaning eating until 80% full, a traditional Japanese dietary principle.

• 腹はら八はち分ぶ目めに医い者しゃいらず。

  Eating until you are 80% full keeps the doctor away.

• 健けん康こうのために、いつも腹はら八はち分ぶ目めを心こころがけている。

  For my health, I always try to eat until I'm 80% full.