太い
ふとい
hepburn futoi
thick (line, body)
Part of speech · i-adjective
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 太い線で書いてください。Please draw with a thick line.
- この木は幹が太い。This tree has a thick trunk.
Collocations
太い (futoi, thick / fat)細い (hosoi, thin)太る (futoru, gain weight)太陽 (taiyou, sun)線が太い (sen ga futoi, thick line)
Mnemonic
Futoi (太い) is an i-adjective — "thick, fat" — applied to elongated objects: sen (line), miki (trunk), ashi (leg), kubi (neck). Watch: for a person's body shape, use futotte iru (the te-iru form of futoru, "to gain weight"); calling a person futoi (hito ga futoi) sounds unnatural and rude. Antonym hosoi (細い, thin). Kanji 太 = 大 + a dot — dot stressing "extra big." Korean "gukda / dukkeopda / ttungttunghada" maps onto Japanese as three adjectives: atsui (厚い, thick — books, paper, futon), futoi (太い, thick — linear objects), futotte iru (gained weight, person) — chart this matrix.
Quick check
Adjective for a book's thickness?