Illustration: At a neighborhood allotment, a gardener has pulled up an unusually thick daikon and is trying to close both hands around its middle. Their fingertips fail to meet, and they look down at the gap with surprised amusement.

JLPT N5i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

太ふとい

futoi

thick, fat

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは太ふとい首くびをしている。

    He has a thick neck.

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  2. 石油せきゆが太ふといパイプの中なかを流ながれた。

    The oil ran through a thick pipe.

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  3. このペンは太ふといです。

    This pen is thick.

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Kanji in 太

  • 太plump; thickOnタイ・タKunふとい・ふとる

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