How to say "overweight" in Japanese

• 過重かじゅうCommon
  na-adjective, nounCovers the 'too heavy' sense: a burden, workload or similar load that is excessive, or by extension something too severe. It does not describe a person's body weight.
• オーバーウェイト
  nounA loanword covering the body-weight sense of 'overweight'. It is less common than the alternatives, so it is seldom the word you actually want when describing a person who weighs too much.
• 太りすぎふとりすぎ
  no-adjectiveDescribes a person who is too fat or has put on too much weight — the physical sense of 'overweight'. It states this bluntly, so it can sound direct about someone else.
  もっと運動うんどうしなさい、さもないと太ふとり過すぎになりますよ。↗

  Do more exercise, or you'll get too fat.
• メタボ
  na-adjectiveColloquial, clipped from 'metabolic syndrome'; used in speech about someone who is overweight, often teasingly or critically. Its casualness makes it out of place in formal writing.

Use 過重 for loads, burdens or workloads that are too heavy or too severe; for a person's body weight, 「太りすぎ」 is the plain descriptive choice, 「メタボ」 the colloquial one, and 「オーバーウェイト」 a less common loanword.

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• 過重かじゅうoverweight
• オーバーウェイトoverweight
• 太りすぎふとりすぎoverweight
• メタボoverweight