Translation guide
Describes a body or body part that is soft, loose, and lacking firmness or muscle tone. In Japanese, this is expressed through adjectives and descriptive phrases that focus on sagging, looseness, or lack of tightness.
Describe a body or body part that is not firm or toned, often due to lack of exercise or weight loss.
The most common and natural way to say 'flabby' in Japanese. It comes from the verb たるむ (to slacken, to become loose) and describes skin or flesh that has lost its firmness.
運動不足でお腹がたるんできた。
My stomach has gotten flabby from lack of exercise.
二の腕がたるんでいて気になる。
I'm bothered by my flabby upper arms.
Emphasize the drooping or hanging quality of flabby skin, often after weight loss or aging.
Again, たるんだ is the go-to word for sagging, flabby skin. It covers both the looseness and the drooping aspect.
体重が減って皮膚がたるんだ。
I lost weight and my skin became flabby.
たるんだ emphasizes looseness and lack of firmness, often due to aging or weight loss. ぶよぶよした emphasizes a soft, squishy texture, often associated with excess fat. Use たるんだ for sagging skin and ぶよぶよした for soft, flabby fat.
年をとると皮膚がたるむ。
As you age, your skin becomes flabby.
運動しないとお腹がぶよぶよになる。
If you don't exercise, your stomach gets flabby.
Do not use フラビー (furabii) or other direct katakana borrowings; they are not natural in Japanese. Stick to the native expressions above.
Literally 'lacking tightness', this phrase is often used for flabby muscles or skin that is not firm. It can also describe a person's character as undisciplined, but in physical contexts it means flabby.
最近、体に締まりがなくなってきた。
Lately, my body has become flabby.
An onomatopoeic word describing something soft, flabby, and squishy, often with a negative connotation. It emphasizes the lack of firmness and can be used for body fat or waterlogged skin.
お腹のぶよぶよした脂肪をなんとかしたい。
I want to do something about the flabby fat on my stomach.
A formal, technical term meaning 'flaccid' or 'relaxed', used in medical or scientific contexts to describe muscles or tissues that lack tone.
弛緩した筋肉を鍛えるトレーニング。
Training to strengthen flabby muscles.
Means 'hanging down' or 'drooping'. It focuses on the sagging aspect of flabbiness and is often used for skin that hangs loosely.
垂れ下がったお腹の皮膚が気になる。
I'm concerned about the flabby, sagging skin on my stomach.