How to say "chicken" in Japanese

• チキンCommon
  nounRefers to chicken as food, especially in Western-style cooking such as fried or roasted chicken. Use this when ordering or talking about chicken dishes rather than the living bird.
  それじゃ、僕ぼくはチキンをもらいましょう。↗

  Well then, I'll have chicken.
• 鶏にわとりCommon
  nounCovers the domestic chicken as a living animal, the bird itself (Gallus gallus domesticus). Use this when talking about the farmyard bird, its eggs, or chickens kept as livestock.
  肥こえた鶏にわとりは卵たまごを産うまない。↗

  Fat hens lay few eggs.

Use 「チキン」 for chicken as food or in Western-style dishes, and 鶏 for the live bird, the domestic chicken as an animal.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• チキンchicken
• 鶏にわとりchicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
• チキンレースchicken
• チキchicken
• 卑怯者ひきょうものcoward
• びびりbeing easily frightened
• 若鶏わかどり(young) chicken