The Japanese word for meat is
肉
にく - niku
Japanese Definition
| meat | |
| 1. 名詞. (タグ, eng, cat=食品)肉 |
Translations for meat and their definitions
| 肉 | |
| 1. n. (obsolete) meat | |
| 2. n. (obsolete) flesh, as of one's body | |
| 3. n. meat, the muscle and fat tissue of an animal used as food | |
| 4. n. the flesh of an animal | |
| 5. n. the flesh of a fruit or vegetable | |
| 6. n. one's body, as opposed to spirit | |
| 7. n. the thickness of a thing | |
| 板の肉 - the thickness of a board | |
| 8. n. (metaphor) the flesh or meat of something, such as an idea, structure, or argument | |
| 議論に肉をつける - to put some meat on an argument, to flesh out an argument | |
| 9. n. an ink pad, a stamp pad | |
| 10. n. (theater kabuki) short for 肉襦袢: flesh-toned undergarments worn by actors and shown when the character has to display their skin |
| 身 | |
| 1. n. a body; (by extension): | |
| 2. n. the main part of something | |
| 3. n. the blade of a sword (as opposed to the handle) | |
| 4. n. meat, flesh (as opposed to skin and bone) | |
| 5. n. wood (as opposed to the bark) | |
| 6. n. oneself | |
| 7. n. one's position, one's social standing, one's circumstances | |
| 8. n. (only in compounds) a body | |
| 9. n. a living body | |
| 10. n. a dead body, a corpse | |
| 11. n. a rotten tree trunk | |
| 12. n. a body | |
| 13. n. Usage: Seldom used on its own. In isolation, the reading mi is much more common. |
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