肉（にく）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: meat
Example sentences
- 今夜は庭で肉を焼いて食べよう。 — Let's grill some meat in the yard tonight.
- 私は肉より魚のほうが好きだ。 — I prefer fish to meat.
Idioms & proverbs containing “肉”
- 弱肉強食 (じゃくにくきょうしょく) — the law of the jungle; the strong prey on the weak; the weak become the victim of the strong
- 酒池肉林 (しゅちにくりん) — sumptuous feast; debauch
- 中肉中背 (ちゅうにくちゅうぜい) — medium build
- 羊頭狗肉 (ようとうくにく) — crying wine and selling vinegar; deceptive advertisement
- 霊肉一致 (れいにくいっち) — unity of body and spirit
- 骨肉相食 (こつにくそうしょく) — blood feud; domestic discord
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