肉|にくniku[2]odaka (tail-high)

JLPT N5approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounflesh
    その動物どうぶつは肉にくを常食じょうしょくとしている。↗
    That animal feeds on flesh.
  2. nounmeat
    その魚さかなと肉にくを冷凍れいとうしてください。↗
    Please freeze the fish and meat.
  3. nounflesh (of a fruit); pulp
  4. nounthe physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh
    肉にくによって生うまれたものは肉にくです。御ご霊れいによって生うまれたものは霊れいです。↗
    Flesh gives birth to flesh, Spirit gives birth to Spirit.
  5. nounthickness
  6. nouncontent; substance; flesh
  7. nounink pad
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym食肉しょくにくWrittenMeat viewed as a food product; a written/formal term common in industry and regulation, as in 「食肉加工」, and less usual in casual talk than 「肉」.
  • Synonym肉類にくるいNeutralA collective term covering meats as a food group, typical in nutrition and menu categories; plain 「肉」 is the ordinary word for a piece of meat.
  • Related果肉かにくNeutralFruit flesh only — never animal meat. As in 「果肉入りジュース」; you can't use it for the meat you eat.

In daily speech just say 「肉」. Use 「食肉」 for the meat industry and regulations, 「肉類」 when grouping meats by nutrition or menu, and 「果肉」 for the flesh of fruit.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 動物どうぶつの皮膚ひふに覆おおわれた骨ほねを包つつむ柔やわらかい組織そしき。
  2. 鳥類ちょうるい、獣類じゅうるいから切り取きりとった食肉しょくにく。魚肉ぎょにくは含ふくまないことが多おおい。
  3. 霊魂れいこんと対比たいひしての肉体にくたい。
  4. 性的せいてきイメージを喚起かんきさせるものとしての肉体にくたい。
  5. 基本的きほんてきな骨組ほねぐみに付け加つけくわえていく具体的ぐたいてきな内容ないよう。
  6. (ニク)血縁けつえんに関連かんれんする語ごを作つくる。
  7. (ニク)本人ほんにんによる。手てずからの。直接ちょくせつの。じかの。
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