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肥満 (ひまん, himan) Japanese meaning: obesity | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 肥満する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 肥ひ 満まん する 肥ひ 満まん しない Polite 肥ひ 満まん します 肥ひ 満まん しません Past polite 肥ひ 満まん しました 肥ひ 満まん しませんでした Past 肥ひ 満まん した 肥ひ 満まん しなかった Te-form 肥ひ 満まん して 肥ひ 満まん しないで Desire 肥ひ 満まん したい 肥ひ 満まん したくない Potential 肥ひ 満まん できる 肥ひ 満まん できない Passive 肥ひ 満まん される 肥ひ 満まん されない Causative 肥ひ 満まん させる 肥ひ 満まん させない Causative passive 肥ひ 満まん させられる 肥ひ 満まん させられない Volitional 肥ひ 満まん しよう Polite volitional 肥ひ 満まん しましょう Imperative 肥ひ 満まん しろ 肥ひ 満まん するな Conditional 肥ひ 満まん すれば 肥ひ 満まん しなければ Tara conditional 肥ひ 満まん したら 肥ひ 満まん しなかったら
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The doctor pointed out that I was obese.
A balance between diet and exercise is important for preventing obesity.
The dog became obese from lack of exercise.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 肥ひ 満まん になる for someone to become obese
If you keep lacking exercise, you're prone to becoming obese.
肥ひ 満まん を 防ふせ ぐ to prevent obesity
A balanced diet helps prevent obesity.
肥ひ 満まん 気ぎ 味み somewhat overweight; tending toward obesity
I haven't been exercising lately, so I'm getting a bit chubby.
肥ひ 満まん に 悩なや む to be troubled by obesity
He has struggled with obesity for many years.
肥ひ 満まん 度ど degree of obesity
Doctors use BMI to measure the degree of obesity.
Kanji 肥 fertilizer, get fat, fertile Related words 太り過ぎ is a casual, everyday way to say someone is overweight, while 肥満 is the clinical term used in medical and health contexts for obesity.
メタボ is a casual abbreviation referring to metabolic syndrome and its associated belly fat, while 肥満 is the broader, more formal medical term for obesity.
肥満 is a clinical, formal noun for obesity, whereas 太る is the everyday verb for gaining weight.
肥満 is the clinical, formal term for obesity, while 太り肉 is a softer, old-fashioned descriptive word for plumpness.
肥満 is the clinical, formal term for obesity used in medical contexts, while デブ is casual and often derogatory slang.
Opposites 痩せ describes thinness or being underweight, the opposite condition of 肥満, which describes obesity or excess body fat.
肥満 means obesity or being overweight, the direct opposite of 痩身's slender body sense.
Don't confuse with 肥満 is a clinical, negative term for obesity, while 豊満 describes an attractively full or voluptuous figure without the medical connotation.
肥満 refers to overall bodily obesity or fatness, while 肥大 refers to the enlargement of a specific organ, tissue, or organization, not the whole body.
Word family· 8 obese body; corpulent physique
overweight child; obese child
tendency to be obese; obesity-prone
obesity (medical condition)
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 肥, associated with fatness or plumpness, and 満, associated with fullness. The compound conventionally refers to excessive body fat or obesity.
big portly man; large and stout
