also: にっかい
noun
lump of meat; piece of flesh
Refers to a chunk or mass of meat or flesh, often with a raw or unappetizing nuance. Can be used literally for food or figuratively for flesh.
冷凍庫から大きな肉塊を取り出した。
I took out a large lump of meat from the freezer.
その肉塊はまだ血が滴っていた。
The piece of flesh was still dripping blood.
noun
A literary or figurative expression for the human body, emphasizing its physical, fleshly nature. Often used in philosophical or dramatic contexts.
彼は自分の肉塊の重さを感じた。
He felt the weight of his own fleshly body.
肉体 is the standard word for 'body' or 'flesh', while 肉塊 emphasizes a lump or mass of flesh, often with a cruder or more visceral nuance.
Compound of 肉 (niku, 'meat, flesh') and 塊 (kai, 'lump, mass'). The reading にっかい is a contraction of にくかい.