太
太

plump, thick, big around

4 strokesFrequency 552JLPT N3Grade 2

On

タイタ

Kun

ふと.いふと.る

Nanori

おおたかひろ

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

plump

Constituents

丶drop
?St. Bernard
大large

Mnemonic Stories

Take just a round drop of the concept of large, and you get plump.

Dictionary

Common Words

太陽たいようNounFreq #1892
1

Sun

Examples
マリーゴールドは太陽とともに起きる。
The marigold rises with the sun.
太いふとい～い Adj.Freq #2246
1

fat; thick

Examples
彼は太い首をしている。
He has a thick neck.
2

deep (of a voice); thick; sonorous

3

daring; shameless; brazen; audacious

太るふとる肥るIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #4929
1

to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

Examples
あまり太ったのでカラーの前が合わなかった。
He got so stout that his collar did not meet.
インシュリンを打つので彼女は太っていた。
The insulin was making her fat.
太もも太股太腿ふとももNounFreq #8489
1

thigh

2

Colloquial

buttocks; arse; ass; butt

王太子おうたいしNounFreq #8946
1

crown prince

イタリア《伊太利》《伊太利亜》イタリヤNounUsually kanaFreq #11689
1

Italy

Examples
この靴はイタリア製です。
These shoes are made in Italy.
太刀大刀たち横刀NounFreq #11720
1

long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana)

2

太刀 only; Historical term

tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down

太郎たろうNounFreq #11812
1

Used in names, or as a name by itself

first son

太ふとPrefixFreq #12094
1

Common noun

fat; fatty

2

grand; magnificent; excellent

丸太まるたマルタNounFreq #12260
1

log

Examples
彼は丸太をのこぎりでひいて板にしている。
He is sawing a log into boards.
2

Word usually written using kana alone

dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)

3

Word usually written using kana alone; Historical term; Sensitive

test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII)

4

Derogatory; Archaic

prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun

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