How to say "fat" in Japanese

• 太いふといJLPT N5approx.Common
  i-adjectiveThe adjective for physical thickness or girth: a fat person, thick arms, legs, or a thick rope. It describes what is wide or bulky, not fat as a substance.
  彼かれは太ふとい首くびをしている。↗

  He has a thick neck.
• 脂肪しぼうJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounFat as a substance — the fat in food or stored in the body. Use it in talk about diet, health, and nutrition, not to describe a fat person.
  脂肪しぼう分ぶんは減へらしたほうがいいですね。↗

  You had better cut out the fat.
• 脂あぶらJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounFat or grease as a substance, especially animal fat such as tallow or lard. It suggests rich, fatty grease rather than fat as a body or nutrient concept.
  肌はだが脂あぶらっぽいのです。↗

  I have greasy skin.
• デブCommon
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveA colloquial noun for a fat person. It is blunt and usually insulting, so it is not the word to use when describing someone politely.
• 脂身あぶらみCommon
  nounFat of meat: the fatty part of a cut, which some diners leave or enjoy. It applies only to meat, not to body fat or grease in general.
  肉にくから脂身あぶらみを取とりなさい。↗

  Trim the fat off the meat.

Choose 「太い」 for the adjective 'fat/thick' of bodies and objects, 脂肪 for fat as a substance in food or the body, 脂 for grease or animal fat, 「デブ」 for a fat person colloquially, and 脂身 for fat on meat.

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• 太いふといfat
• 脂肪しぼうfat
• 脂あぶらfat
• でぶfat
• 脂身あぶらみfat (of meat)
• 太り肉ふとりじしcorpulent
• 脂肪太りしぼうぶとりfat
• ぶっといfat
• ファットfat
• でぶでぶfat
• 太ふとfat
• 脂肉あぶらにくfat (of meat)
• ぽってりplump
• 太ったふとったplump
• 肥大したひだいしたenlarged
• ファイルアロケーションテーブルfile allocation table
• でっぷりしたstout
• でくでくplump
• ＦＡＴファットfile access table