腹はら八はち分ぶん目め

noun

eating until 80% full; moderation in eating

A traditional Japanese dietary principle of stopping before feeling completely full, often phrased as 腹八分目に医者いらず (eating to 80% fullness keeps the doctor away).

• 健けん康こうのために腹はら八はち分ぶん目めを心こころがけている。

  I try to eat until I'm 80% full for my health.

• 腹はら八はち分ぶん目めに医い者しゃいらずという言こと葉ばがある。

  There is a saying that eating to 80% fullness keeps the doctor away.