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JLPT N5 · Noun

肉 (niku)

肉 (にく, niku) is a Japanese noun meaning “flesh”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
にく
Romaji
niku
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. flesh · noun
  2. meat · noun
  3. flesh (of a fruit); pulp · noun
  4. the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh · noun
  5. thickness · noun

Example sentences

その動物は肉を常食としている。
That animal feeds on flesh.
Tatoeba #207446
その魚と肉を冷凍してください。
Please freeze the fish and meat.
Tatoeba #211437
肉によって生まれたものは肉です。御霊によって生まれたものは霊です。
Flesh gives birth to flesh, Spirit gives birth to Spirit.
Tatoeba #122994

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 肉

肉
meatニク・しし · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 肉.

牛肉ぎゅうにくbeef鶏肉とりにくchicken meat豚肉ぶたにくpork筋肉きんにくmuscle皮肉ひにくirony肉親にくしんblood relationship肉体にくたいthe body

Source: JMdict entry 1463520 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.