How to say "stout" in Japanese

• 頑丈がんじょうJLPT N1approx.Common
  na-adjective, nounCovers stout meaning solid and sturdy rather than fat: it describes firmly built objects and, of people, a burly, strongly built frame.
  これは掛かけるのにたいそう頑丈がんじょうないすだ。↗

  This is a very sturdy chair to sit in.
• 豊満ほうまんCommon
  na-adjective, nounCovers stout in the sense of plump or corpulent: it describes a full, voluptuous figure, so it points to a soft, curvy body rather than a sturdy frame.
• 骨太ほねぶとCommon
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveCovers stout describing a person's build: literally big-boned, it fits someone with a large, sturdily built frame, emphasizing skeletal structure rather than fat.

Use 頑丈 for the sturdy, solidly built sense of stout, whether of objects or people; choose 骨太 for a big-boned, heavyset frame, and 豊満 for a plump, full-figured or voluptuous body.

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• 頑丈がんじょうsolid
• 豊満ほうまんstout
• 骨太ほねぶとbig-boned
• スタウトstout
• 肉付きの良いにくづきのよいstout
• 黒ビールくろビールstout
• 肉付きが良いにくづきがよいstout
• でっぷりしたstout
• いよやかtall
• 骨太いほねぶといbig-boned
• 堅牢けんろうsolid
• 太ったふとったplump