たらふく

Similar words

• いっぱい

  いっぱい means 'full' or 'a lot', but たらふく specifically emphasizes eating or drinking to one's heart's content, often with a sense of indulgence.

• 腹はらいっぱい

  腹いっぱい means 'stomach full', focusing on physical fullness, while たらふく focuses on the act of eating/drinking as much as one desires.

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. The kanji 鱈腹 is ateji, using 鱈 (cod) and 腹 (belly) phonetically, possibly from the image of a cod's full belly. The reading たらふく may be related to 足る (たる, 'to be sufficient') and 腹 (はら, 'belly'), but this is speculative.