最近、お腹の周りに肉がついてきたみたい。中年太りかな。

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English Translation

I'm getting a spare tire around my waist. I guess it's middle age creeping up on me.

Furigana

最近(さいきん)、お腹(なか)の周(まわ)りに肉(にく)がついてきたみたい。中年(ちゅうねん)太(ふと)りかな。

Romanji

Saikin, onaka no mawari ni niku ga tsuitekita mitai. chūnen futori ka na.

Words

最近 (さいきん)

most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays

お腹 (おなか)

stomach

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

周り (まわり)

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

肉 (にく、しし)

flesh; meat; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); thickness; ink pad

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

点く (つく)

to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire

みたい (みたい)

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

中年 (ちゅうねん)

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

太る (ふとる)

to grow fat (stout, plump); to become fat; to gain weight

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

な (な)

(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition