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太り肉 (futorijishi) Japanese meaning: corpulent | Kotomora
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肉じし
の
体たい
型けい
で
、
子こ
ども
の
頃ころ
から
ずっと
そう
だっ
た
。
He has a corpulent build and has been that way since childhood.
A chubby cat is sleeping in the sun.
Usage patterns 太ふと り 肉じし の 〈 人ひと 〉 a plump/fleshy person
A plump old woman was drinking tea on the veranda.
〈 人ひと 〉 は 太ふと り 肉じし だ someone is plump/fleshy (descriptive, somewhat literary)
He was fleshy and always preferred loose-fitting kimono.
Kanji 太 plump, thick, big around Related words 肥満 is the clinical, formal term for obesity, while 太り肉 is a softer, old-fashioned descriptive word for plumpness.
ぽっちゃり is a casual, often affectionate way to say someone is chubby, whereas 太り肉 is a neutral, literary-sounding descriptor.
Written forms 太ふと り 肉じし Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling; the reading ふとりじし is a compound of 太り (fatness) and 肉 (flesh).
太ふと りじし
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; the kana じし may help learners with the reading.
Etymology Compound of 太り (ふとり, 'fatness', the continuative form of 太る) and 肉 (じし, an older reading of 肉 meaning 'flesh'). The reading じし for 肉 is now rare outside this compound.
