"肉" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. flesh, meat Tags: grade-2-kanji, kanji

Noun

IPA: [ɕiɕi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しし)), shishi [romanization]
Etymology: table From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sisi. Not used in isolation in modern standard Japanese. Persists in compounds and in some dialects. Cognate with 獣 (shishi, “beast, especially one used for meat”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|shishi}} table, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=しし}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*sisi|sort=しし}} Proto-Japonic *sisi, {{m|ja|獣||beast, especially one used for meat|tr=shishi}} 獣 (shishi, “beast, especially one used for meat”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しし}} 肉(しし) • (shishi)
  1. (obsolete or dialect, Aomori, Fukushima, Nara, Kagoshima) meat (of boars, pigs, deer, etc.) Tags: Kagoshima, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-ibOONzU6 Categories (other): Kagoshima Japanese, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 3 3 51 3
  2. (obsolete) human flesh Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-q1tdVM~s
  3. (dialect, Iwate, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama) muscle Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-24dbJbBv Categories (other): Shizuoka Japanese, Toyama Japanese
  4. (dialect, Toyama) excess fat, flab Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-YQ37H0PG Categories (other): Toyama Japanese, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 3 3 51 3
  5. (dialect, Kochi) the human body Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-~eThO7N-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 肉合い: how someone (shishiai), something is fleshed out, one's build, 肉置き: how someone (shishioki), 肉付き: how someone (shishitsuki), 肉付く: to become fatter (shishizuku), to become meatier, to make someone, something fatter, meatier, 肉醤: salted meat (shishibishio), salted fish, the salted and mummified body of an executed person, a practice of punishment carried out in ancient China, 肉骨: bone from which the meat has been removed (shishibone), a skeleton, 肉叢: a cut (shishimura), hunk of meat, the physical, corporeal body, the flesh, 肉病: obesity (shishiyami) [rare], a disease whereby the body becomes fat

Noun

IPA: [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (にく)), niku [romanization]
Etymology: table From Middle Chinese 肉 (MC nyuwk). Compare modern Hokkien 肉 (jio̍k / lio̍k), Teochew 肉 (ne̍k), or Hakka 肉 (ngiuk⁷). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|niku}} table, {{bor|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|肉|id=1}} 肉 (MC nyuwk), {{cog|nan-hbl|肉|tr=jio̍k / lio̍k}} Hokkien 肉 (jio̍k / lio̍k), {{cog|nan-tws|肉|tr=ne̍k}} Teochew 肉 (ne̍k), {{cog|hak|肉|tr=ngiuk⁷}} Hakka 肉 (ngiuk⁷) Head templates: {{ja-noun|にく}} 肉(にく) • (niku)
  1. meat, the muscle and fat tissue of an animal used as food
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-Fp~otaJk
  2. the flesh of an animal
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-h5sFf8Ij
  3. the flesh of a fruit or vegetable Categories (topical): Meats Synonyms (fruit or vegetable flesh): (mi) (ruby: ())
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-eTi2uaSO Disambiguation of Meats: 8 9 5 1 7 2 8 2 11 8 3 7 2 5 12 8 Disambiguation of 'fruit or vegetable flesh': 3 10 71 0 3 1 0 9 2 1
  4. one's body, as opposed to spirit
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-s2kuEeD5 Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 1 0 2 3 6 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 1 1 5 1 3 1 1 12 4 9 2 2 14 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 2 8 1 1 9 1 2 1 2 17 4 12 3 3 21 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 7 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 18 3 13 1 2 21 15
  5. in the Edo period, a prostitute who was an amateur woman
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-ncARR-CS
  6. (Christianity) refers to humans themselves, their world, and their sins, as opposed to their spirit Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-SiZt1Ljb Categories (other): Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 2 8 1 1 9 1 2 1 2 17 4 12 3 3 21 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 7 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 18 3 13 1 2 21 15 Topics: Christianity
  7. the thickness of a thing Synonyms (thickness): 厚さ (atsusa), 太さ (futosa)
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-OWeMAbxI Disambiguation of 'thickness': 3 0 1 2 1 3 81 4 3 3
  8. (figurative) the flesh or meat of something, such as an idea, structure, or argument Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-t9P-xo6P
  9. an ink pad, a stamp pad Categories (topical): Foods, Meats Synonyms (ink pad): 印肉 (inniku) (ruby: (いん), (にく))
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-VOJsBeHS Disambiguation of Foods: 7 8 6 1 8 2 8 2 10 8 4 7 2 5 13 9 Disambiguation of Meats: 8 9 5 1 7 2 8 2 11 8 3 7 2 5 12 8 Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 1 0 2 3 6 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 1 1 5 1 3 1 1 12 4 9 2 2 14 11 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 9 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 16 4 11 1 3 27 17 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 7 1 1 8 1 3 1 1 18 4 12 2 4 23 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 8 1 1 9 1 2 1 1 15 3 11 1 2 23 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 2 8 1 1 9 1 2 1 2 17 4 12 3 3 21 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 8 7 0 0 9 0 2 0 1 16 4 12 1 2 21 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 7 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 18 3 13 1 2 21 15 Disambiguation of 'ink pad': 0 0 1 9 2 6 1 0 71 10
  10. (theater, kabuki) short for 肉襦袢 (niku juban): flesh-toned undergarments worn by actors and shown when the character has to display their skin Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 肉襦袢 (extra: (niku juban): flesh-toned undergarments worn by actors and shown when the character has to display their skin) Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-肉-ja-noun-UeDo1JKW Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 1 0 2 3 6 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 1 1 5 1 3 1 1 12 4 9 2 2 14 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 2 8 1 1 9 1 2 1 2 17 4 12 3 3 21 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 7 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 18 3 13 1 2 21 15 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 肉体 (nikutai) (ruby: (にく), (たい)) [body, anatomy, medicine, sciences], お肉 (o-niku) (ruby: (にく)) [honorific]
Etymology number: 2 Derived forms: 肉交 (nikukō) (ruby: (にく), (こう)) (english: sexual intercourse), 肉羹 (nikukō) (ruby: (にく), (こう)) (english: meat broth), 肉汁: meat broth (nikujū), meat juice, gravy, 肉漿 (nikushō) (ruby: (にく), 漿(しょう)) (english: meat juice), 肉饅: nikuman (nikuman) (ruby: (にく), (まん)), 肉饅頭: nikuman (nikumanjū) (ruby: (にく), (まん), (じゅう)), 肉類 (nikurui) (ruby: (にく), (るい)) (english: a kind of meat, the sort of meat), 牛肉 (gyūniku) (ruby: (ぎゅう), (にく)) (english: beef), 筋肉: muscle (kinniku) (ruby: (きん), (にく)), 狗肉 (kuniku) (ruby: (), (にく)) (english: dog meat), 鶏肉 (keiniku), 鶏肉: chicken (toriniku) [meat, meats, food, lifestyle], 鯨肉 (geiniku) (ruby: (げい), (にく)) (english: whale meat), すじ肉 (sujiniku) (ruby: (にく)), 鳥肉 (toriniku) (ruby: (とり), (にく)) (english: meat of a bird, in particular meat of a chicken), 馬肉: horsemeat (baniku) (ruby: (), (にく)), 豚肉, 豚肉 (butaniku) (ruby: (ぶた), (にく), (とん), (にく)) (english: pork), 挽肉 (hikiniku) (ruby: (ひき), (にく)) (english: mince meat, ground meat), 羊肉 (yōniku) (ruby: (よう), (にく)) (english: mutton)

Alternative forms

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      "word": "肉付く: to become fatter"
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          "肉",
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      "roman": "gyūniku",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kinniku",
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          "肉",
          "にく"
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      ],
      "word": "筋肉: muscle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "dog meat",
      "roman": "kuniku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "狗",
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        ],
        [
          "肉",
          "にく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "狗肉"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "keiniku",
      "word": "鶏肉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "toriniku",
      "topics": [
        "meat",
        "meats",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "鶏肉: chicken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "whale meat",
      "roman": "geiniku",
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          "鯨",
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        ],
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          "肉",
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      ],
      "word": "鯨肉"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "sujiniku",
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      ],
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      "english": "meat of a bird, in particular meat of a chicken",
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        [
          "肉",
          "にく"
        ]
      ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "roman": "butaniku",
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        [
          "豚",
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        ],
        [
          "肉",
          "にく"
        ],
        [
          "豚",
          "とん"
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        [
          "肉",
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      "word": "豚肉, 豚肉"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mince meat, ground meat",
      "roman": "hikiniku",
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        [
          "挽",
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        [
          "肉",
          "にく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "挽肉"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mutton",
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          "肉",
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      "form": "肉",
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        {
          "english": "Should I give this meat [to someone else]? I want to eat them so much because this meat is just so good!",
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), 一九二九年一月——二月",
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          "_dis1": "3 10 71 0 3 1 0 9 2 1",
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      "glosses": [
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          "english": "the thickness of a board",
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              "肉",
              "にく"
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          "_dis1": "3 0 1 2 1 3 81 4 3 3",
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          "sense": "thickness",
          "word": "太さ"
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        {
          "english": "to put some meat on an argument, to flesh out an argument",
          "roman": "giron ni niku o tsukeru",
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            [
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              "ぎ"
            ],
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              "論",
              "ろん"
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              "肉",
              "にく"
            ]
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          "text": "議論に肉をつける"
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        "(figurative) the flesh or meat of something, such as an idea, structure, or argument"
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          "_dis": "8 8 1 1 9 1 2 1 1 15 3 11 1 2 23 15",
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          "_dis": "2 8 1 1 9 1 2 1 2 17 4 12 3 3 21 14",
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        {
          "_dis": "7 7 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 18 3 13 1 2 21 15",
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              "肉",
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          "extra": "(niku juban): flesh-toned undergarments worn by actors and shown when the character has to display their skin",
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Theater",
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            "Culture",
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        "short for 肉襦袢 (niku juban): flesh-toned undergarments worn by actors and shown when the character has to display their skin"
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      "other": "にく"
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          "体",
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      "word": "肉体"
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    "Ōsaka"
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}
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      "roman": "shishiai",
      "word": "肉合い: how someone"
    },
    {
      "word": "something is fleshed out"
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    {
      "word": "one's build"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shishioki",
      "word": "肉置き: how someone"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shishitsuki",
      "word": "肉付き: how someone"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shishizuku",
      "word": "肉付く: to become fatter"
    },
    {
      "word": "to become meatier"
    },
    {
      "word": "to make someone"
    },
    {
      "word": "something fatter"
    },
    {
      "word": "meatier"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shishibishio",
      "word": "肉醤: salted meat"
    },
    {
      "word": "salted fish"
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    {
      "word": "the salted and mummified body of an executed person"
    },
    {
      "word": "a practice of punishment carried out in ancient China"
    },
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      "roman": "shishibone",
      "word": "肉骨: bone from which the meat has been removed"
    },
    {
      "word": "a skeleton"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shishimura",
      "word": "肉叢: a cut"
    },
    {
      "word": "hunk of meat"
    },
    {
      "word": "the physical"
    },
    {
      "word": "corporeal body"
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    {
      "word": "the flesh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shishiyami",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "a disease whereby the body becomes fat"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
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        "3": "*sisi",
        "sort": "しし"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
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        "3": "",
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      "form": "肉",
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        "Japanese dialectal terms",
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        "Kagoshima Japanese"
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        "meat (of boars, pigs, deer, etc.)"
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        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
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        [
          "boars",
          "boar"
        ],
        [
          "pigs",
          "pig"
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        [
          "deer",
          "deer"
        ]
      ],
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        "Kagoshima",
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        "obsolete"
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      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "human flesh"
      ],
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        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ],
        [
          "flesh",
          "flesh"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) human flesh"
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      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese dialectal terms",
        "Shizuoka Japanese",
        "Toyama Japanese"
      ],
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        "muscle"
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        [
          "muscle",
          "muscle"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese dialectal terms",
        "Toyama Japanese"
      ],
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        "excess fat, flab"
      ],
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        [
          "excess",
          "excess"
        ],
        [
          "fat",
          "fat"
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          "flab",
          "flab"
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      ],
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        "(dialect, Toyama) excess fat, flab"
      ],
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        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the human body"
      ],
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        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ]
      ],
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        "dialectal"
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    {
      "other": "しし"
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      "ipa": "[ɕiɕi]"
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    "Shinjitai",
    "Tōkyō",
    "Ōsaka"
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}

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    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 肉",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
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          "肉",
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          "交",
          "こう"
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "肉",
          "にく"
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          "羹",
          "こう"
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    {
      "word": "meat juice"
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      "word": "gravy"
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    {
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        [
          "肉",
          "にく"
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          "漿",
          "しょう"
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      "word": "肉漿"
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    {
      "roman": "nikuman",
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        [
          "肉",
          "にく"
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        [
          "饅",
          "まん"
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    {
      "roman": "nikumanjū",
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        [
          "肉",
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          "饅",
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          "頭",
          "じゅう"
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        [
          "肉",
          "にく"
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        [
          "類",
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    {
      "english": "beef",
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          "牛",
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        [
          "肉",
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          "にく"
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          "狗",
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          "肉",
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      "roman": "toriniku",
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        "meat",
        "meats",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
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          "肉",
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          "肉",
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      "word": "鳥肉"
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      "roman": "baniku",
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          "馬",
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        [
          "肉",
          "にく"
        ]
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    {
      "english": "pork",
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        [
          "肉",
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          "豚",
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          "肉",
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          "肉",
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    {
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          "肉",
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          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), 一九二九年一月——二月",
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              "肉",
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              "上",
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              "ほど"
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              "美味",
              "おい"
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              "肉",
              "にく"
            ]
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          "meat",
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          "fat",
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          "animal",
          "animal"
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          "food"
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          "flesh",
          "flesh"
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          "animal"
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        [
          "flesh",
          "flesh"
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        [
          "fruit",
          "fruit"
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          "vegetable",
          "vegetable"
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    {
      "glosses": [
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        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
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    {
      "glosses": [
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        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
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        [
          "amateur",
          "amateur"
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          "woman"
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        [
          "Christianity",
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        [
          "humans",
          "human"
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        [
          "world",
          "world"
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        [
          "sins",
          "sin"
        ]
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        "(Christianity) refers to humans themselves, their world, and their sins, as opposed to their spirit"
      ],
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        "Christianity"
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      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "the thickness of a board",
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              "板",
              "いた"
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              "肉",
              "にく"
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        [
          "thickness",
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      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "to put some meat on an argument, to flesh out an argument",
          "roman": "giron ni niku o tsukeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "議",
              "ぎ"
            ],
            [
              "論",
              "ろん"
            ],
            [
              "肉",
              "にく"
            ]
          ],
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        }
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      ],
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        [
          "flesh",
          "flesh"
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        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
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        "figuratively"
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    {
      "glosses": [
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        [
          "ink pad",
          "ink pad"
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        [
          "stamp pad",
          "stamp pad"
        ]
      ]
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        {
          "extra": "(niku juban): flesh-toned undergarments worn by actors and shown when the character has to display their skin",
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        }
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        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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        "short for 肉襦袢 (niku juban): flesh-toned undergarments worn by actors and shown when the character has to display their skin"
      ],
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        [
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          "theater"
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          "肉襦袢#Japanese"
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        "abbreviation",
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        "lifestyle",
        "theater"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "other": "にく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
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    {
      "roman": "mi",
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        [
          "実",
          "み"
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      "roman": "nikutai",
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        [
          "肉",
          "にく"
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          "体",
          "たい"
        ]
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        "body",
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "atsusa",
      "sense": "thickness",
      "word": "厚さ"
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    {
      "roman": "futosa",
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      "word": "太さ"
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      "roman": "inniku",
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          "印",
          "いん"
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        [
          "肉",
          "にく"
        ]
      ],
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    {
      "roman": "o-niku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "肉",
          "にく"
        ]
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        "honorific"
      ],
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    }
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    "Shinjitai",
    "Tōkyō",
    "Ōsaka"
  ],
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}
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  "subsection": "",
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "肉",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
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  "path": [
    "肉"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "肉",
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}

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  "subsection": "noun",
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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: dialect, Kochi",
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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: theater, kabuki",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (ae36afe and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.