also: チッキン
noun
Refers to chicken as food, not the live animal. Common in cooking contexts.
今夜はチキンカレーを作ろう。
Let's make chicken curry tonight.
このチキンはとても柔らかい。
This chicken is very tender.
noun, na-adjective
coward; scaredy-cat; wuss
Slang term for a cowardly person, derived from English 'chicken'. Often used teasingly.
彼はチキンだから、お化け屋敷に入れない。
He's a chicken, so he can't go into the haunted house.
そんなことで怖がるなんて、チキンだな。
Being scared of something like that—you're such a wuss.