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肉 kanji
meat
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ニク
Kun readings
しし
Words with 肉
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —謝肉祭carnival (festival held before Lent)
- —代用肉meat substitute; meat analogue; cheaper meat used in place of beef or pork
- —肉料理meat dish; meat-based cuisine
- —肉まんmanjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
- —肉離れpulled or torn muscle
- —肉体美physical beauty
- —食肉類carnivores (i.e. animals of the order Carnivora)
- —骨肉腫osteosarcoma
- —歯肉炎gingivitis
- —多肉果fleshy fruit
- —多肉質fleshy
- —もも肉leg (meat); round; ham
- —肉入れink-pad case
- —肉付きbodily build; degree of fleshiness
- —肉付けfleshing out (e.g. a plan); giving substance to; modeling; modelling
- —肉用種animal bred for its meat
- —肉食獣carnivore; carnivorous animal
- —肉弾戦warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
- —肉感的sensual; sexy; voluptuous
- —肉襦袢flesh-colored leotards; flesh-coloured leotards