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肉がつく

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 肉がつく.

Dictionary

Entry

肉がつく肉が付くにくがつくExpressionGodan verbFreq #47385
1

to gain weight; to put on weight

Examples
最近、お腹の周りに肉がついてきたみたい。中年太りかな。
I'm getting a spare tire around my waist. I guess it's middle age creeping up on me.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

meat

6 strokesFrequency 986JLPT N3Grade 2

On

ニク

Kun

しし

adhere, attach, refer to, append

5 strokesFrequency 322JLPT N2Grade 4

On

Kun

つ.ける-つ.ける-づ.けるつ.けつ.け--つ.け-づ.け-づけつ.く-づ.くつ.き-つ.き-つき-づ.き-づき

Nanori

つけ

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