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Body & Health

ぶくぶく

buku-buku

Getting fatter, bloating up

Describes gaining weight or becoming bloated — with a somewhat negative nuance. Implies unhealthy or excessive weight gain.

💡After the holiday season — 'I've gotten buku-buku from all the party food.'

Example

食べすぎてぶくぶく太ってしまった。

I ate too much and got buku-buku fat.

Quiz yourself

He's been ___ gaining weight since he stopped exercising.

運動をやめてから○○太った。

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