the condition of being paunchy or big-bellied
腹がふくれていること - EDR日英対訳辞書
He is a popular subject of Suibokuga (art painted with Japanese black ink) and expressed, in suibokuga, commonly as a paunchy Buddhist monk with a large bag on his back.
水墨画の好画題とされ、大きな袋を背負った太鼓腹の僧侶の姿で描かれる。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
It is said that paunchy Hotei having an appearance similar to that of suibokuga did not live in a Buddhist temple, but roved.
図像に描かれるような太鼓腹の姿で、寺に住む訳でもなく、処処を泊まり歩いたという。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
Since the middle period, Miroku bodhisattva has been depicted with a paunchy appearance similar to that of Hotei in pictures and those pictures have been commonly placed in major Buddhist buildings of temples in China.
中世以降、中国では布袋になぞらえた太鼓腹の姿が弥勒仏の姿形として描かれるようになり、寺院の主要な仏堂に安置されるのが通例となった。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
A similar image of golden Miroku bodhisattva with a paunchy appearance, together with images of Shitenno and Idaten, can also be found in Tennodo building between Sanmon-gate and Daiyuhoden building in Manpuku-ji temple, the head temple of the Obaku sect of Buddhism in Japan,
日本でも、黄檗宗大本山萬福寺で、三門と大雄宝殿の間に設けられた天王殿に四天王や韋駄天と共に安置されている布袋形の金色の弥勒仏像を見ることができる。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス