Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Related words スペアリブ Spare ribs, usually bone-in and often prepared as a whole rack, while バラ肉 is typically boneless and cut into smaller pieces.
カルビ Korean-style short ribs, often marinated and grilled; バラ肉 is the Japanese term for the same cut but used more broadly in various dishes.
Written forms バラ 肉にく Usage 92%
Most common spelling, using katakana for バラ and kanji for 肉 .
ばら 肉にく Usage 8%
Hiragana variant, also seen in everyday writing.
肋肉ばらにく
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 肋 means rib.
Etymology From ばら (bara, 'loose' or 'scattered', referring to the loose structure of the rib meat) + 肉 (niku, 'meat'). The kanji 肋 specifically means 'rib'.
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