How to say "hearty" in Japanese

• 豪快ごうかいCommon
  na-adjective, nounCovers the 'hearty' of a person's manner: a hearty laugh, a hearty appetite, eating or drinking with gusto. It paints the behavior as bold and larger-than-life, not the food as filling.
• ボリューミー
  na-adjectiveCovers 'hearty (meal)': a meal so generous in portion that it fills you up. A colloquial loanword that also describes voluminous hair or clothing, it is a less common choice for this sense.
• 具だくさんぐだくさん
  no-adjectiveCovers 'hearty' for a dish packed with ingredients, typically a soup or stew. A less common word, it describes what is in the food rather than the diner's manner or the meal's sheer bulk.

豪快 covers hearty vigor in a person's manner, 「ボリューミー」 a filling hearty meal, and 「具だくさん」 a dish loaded with ingredients — choose by whether you mean the manner, the portion, or the contents.

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• 豪快ごうかいhearty
• ボリューミーvoluminous (hair, clothing, etc.)
• 具だくさんぐだくさんfull of ingredients
• 盛んさかんenthusiastic