太る

Meanings

1. to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

Part of speech: godan verb (る), intransitive

Kanji

• 太

  Meanings

  plump, thick, big around

  On reading

  タイ、タ

  Kun reading

  ふと.い、ふと.る

  Strokes

  4

Example sentences

• あまり太ったのでカラーの前が合わなかった。

  He got so stout that his collar did not meet.

  Tatoeba #230305 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• インシュリンを打つので彼女は太っていた。

  The insulin was making her fat.

  Tatoeba #228392 · CC BY 2.0 FR