ダイエット
だいえっと
noun, verb (suru)
diet, dieting
1.
diet, dieting, weight loss
The practice of restricting food intake or exercising to lose weight. In Japanese, ダイエット almost exclusively refers to weight-loss efforts, not a general eating pattern.
ダイエット中です。
I'm on a diet.
夏までにダイエットして三キロ痩せたい。
I want to diet and lose three kilos by summer.
食事制限だけのダイエットは長続きしないから、運動も取り入れたほうがいい。
A diet based on food restriction alone won't last, so it's better to incorporate exercise too.
MEANING SHIFT:
In English, "diet" can simply refer to what a person habitually eats (e.g., "a balanced diet"). In Japanese, ダイエット almost always means deliberate weight-loss efforts — restricting food, exercising, or both. To refer to one's general eating pattern, 食生活 or 食事 is used instead.
GRAMMAR:
Used as a noun or with する: ダイエットする (to diet). Also commonly used with 中: ダイエット中 (currently dieting).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- ダイエットする: to go on a diet
- ダイエット中: on a diet, currently dieting
- ダイエット食品: diet food
- ダイエットに成功する: to succeed in dieting