potbelly; protruding belly
Colloquial term for a round, protruding belly, likened to the potbellied god Hotei. Often used humorously or self-deprecatingly.
Lately, from lack of exercise, I've developed a potbelly.
He has a beer belly from drinking too much.
Standard kanji spelling, literally 'Hotei belly', referring to the potbellied god Hotei.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; ほてい is often written in kana when the reference to the god is less direct.
From 布袋 (Hotei, the potbellied god of contentment) + 腹 (belly). The word directly describes a belly resembling that of Hotei.