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Kana: だぶだぶ Romaji: dabudabu Level: N1

だぶだぶ

Meaning in English

loose, baggy

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What it means

What does だぶだぶ mean? It denotes clothing that is very loose or baggy, and more broadly a sense of excess or overfullness. It describes garments that hang away from the body and conveys a casual, roomy style or an overflowing condition.

Main meanings

  • Baggy or loose-fitting clothing, such as a だぶだぶシャツ
  • Something that is overfull or overflowing, like a cup or container
  • A general sense of excess, laxness, or slackness in a non-literal context

How to use it

Used in casual contexts to describe clothing, body shape, or quantities. It attaches to nouns to describe fit or state (だぶだぶのシャツ, だぶだぶになる) and is common in fashion talk, blogs, and everyday speech; it is less common in formal writing.

Variants and close terms

  • ぶかぶか (bukabuka) — extremely loose
  • ゆるい (yurui) — loose, not tight
  • きつい (kitsui) — tight, opposite

Etymology

onomatopoeic reduplication (擬音語/擬態語) that conveys looseness or fullness by repeating the syllables, emphasizing the state rather than a concrete origin.

Word class

adjective (擬態語/gitaigo)