脂し肪ぼう

し

ぼ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

General term for animal or plant fat, including body fat, dietary fat, and fatty tissue. Covers solid fats like lard and suet as well as softer fats.

この肉にくは

脂し

肪ぼう

が

多おお

い

。

This meat has a lot of fat.

脂し肪ぼうの取とりすぎに注ちゅう意いしてください。

Please be careful not to consume too much fat.

Usage patterns

脂し肪ぼうがつくfor fat to build up (on the body)
運うん動どう不ぶ足そくで体からだに脂し肪ぼうがついてきた。
From lack of exercise, fat has started building up on my body.
脂し肪ぼうを燃もやすto burn fat
毎まい日にち走はしって脂し肪ぼうを燃もやしている。
I run every day to burn fat.
脂し肪ぼうを落おとすto lose fat (reduce body fat)
食しょく事じを見み直なおして脂し肪ぼうを落おとすつもりだ。
I plan to change my diet and lose fat.
脂し肪ぼうを蓄たくわえるto store up fat
動どう物ぶつは冬ふゆに備そなえて脂し肪ぼうを蓄たくわえる。
Animals store up fat in preparation for winter.
脂し肪ぼうが多おおいto be high in fat
この肉にくは脂し肪ぼうが多おおいので、健けん康こうに気きをつけたい人ひとには向むかない。

Kanji

脂fat, grease, tallow
肪obese, fat

Related words· 6

脂あぶらN2
脂 is a broader, everyday word for oil or fat (often used for the greasy fat on meat or in cooking), while 脂肪 is the more formal, biological/dietary term for body fat or fatty tissue.
油あぶらN3
油 refers to oil that is liquid at room temperature (cooking oil, petroleum), whereas 脂肪 refers to the typically solid or semi-solid fat found in the body or in foods like lard.
脂し質しつ
脂肪 is the everyday word for fat (body fat or fat in food), while 脂質 is the technical biochemistry term covering all lipids.
油ゆ脂し
脂肪 refers to fat in a biological or dietary sense (often solid at body/room temperature), while 油脂 is the broader technical term covering both fats and oils.

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体たい脂し肪ぼうN1
脂肪 is the general word for fat of any kind, while 体脂肪 specifically means fat stored in the human body.
脂あぶら身み
脂身 refers specifically to the visible fatty part of a cut of meat, while 脂肪 is the broader, more scientific term for fat in general (body fat, dietary fat).

Opposites

筋きん肉にくN3
筋肉 is muscle tissue that produces movement and strength, whereas 脂肪 is fat tissue that stores energy; the two are often contrasted in fitness and health contexts.

Don't confuse with

脂し肪ぼう酸さん
脂肪 is the everyday word for body fat or dietary fat as a substance, whereas 脂肪酸 is the specific chemical building block (fatty acid) that makes up that fat.

Word family· 40

Etymology

脂肪 is a Sino-Japanese compound of 脂 (fat, grease) and 肪 (fat, obese), both of which are kanji used in words related to fat or obesity. The word was adopted from Chinese medical and biological terminology.

This meat is high in fat, so it isn't suited for health-conscious people.

乳にゅう脂し肪ぼう

butterfat; milk fat

低てい脂し肪ぼう

low-fat

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無む脂し肪ぼう
fat-free; no fat
脂し肪ぼう体たい
fat body; corpus adiposum
脂し肪ぼう便べん
steatorrhea; fatty stools
脂し肪ぼう層そう
fatty layer; layer of fat
脂し肪ぼう心しん
fatty heart
脂し肪ぼう油ゆ
fatty oil
脂し肪ぼう滴てき
lipid droplet

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