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牛肉 (ぎゅうにく, gyuuniku) Japanese meaning: beef | Kotomora

牛ぎゅう肉にく

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Meanings

1

Refers to beef as a food ingredient or meat type. Common in cooking, shopping, and dietary contexts.

今こん夜やは牛ぎゅう肉にくのカレーを作つくります。

Tonight I'll make beef curry.

このスーパーでは国こく産さん牛ぎゅう肉にくを売うっています。

This supermarket sells domestic beef.

Usage patterns

牛ぎゅう肉にくを煮に込こむto stew/simmer beef
牛ぎゅう肉にくを野や菜さいと一いっ緒しょに煮に込こんだ。
I stewed beef together with vegetables.
牛ぎゅう肉にくを焼やくto grill/pan-fry beef
フライパンで牛ぎゅう肉にくを焼やいた。
I grilled beef in a frying pan.
国こく産さんの牛ぎゅう肉にくdomestically produced beef
このスーパーは国こく産さんの牛ぎゅう肉にくしか売うっていない。
This supermarket only sells domestically produced beef.
〈数すう〉グラムの牛ぎゅう肉にくa certain number of grams of beef
レシピには牛ぎゅう肉にく300グラムが必ひつ要ようと書かいてある。
The recipe says you need 300 grams of beef.

Kanji

牛cow
肉meat

Related words

牛うしN3
牛 read ぎゅう can mean beef in food contexts, but 牛肉 is the explicit, unambiguous word for beef.
ビーフ
牛肉 is the native Japanese term for beef used in formal writing and everyday cooking, while ビーフ is a casual loanword typically seen in menu names and dish titles.

Don't confuse with

牛うしN3
牛 refers to the live animal (cow/cattle), while 牛肉 refers specifically to its meat as food.
豚ぶた肉にくN5
豚肉 is pork, a different meat from 牛肉 (beef), so the two are easy to mix up when shopping or cooking.
鶏とり肉にくN5
鶏肉 is chicken meat, distinct from 牛肉 (beef), though both are common meat vocabulary that beginners often confuse.

Word family

牛ぎゅう肉にく屋や
beef butcher; beef dealer · beef-hotpot restaurant
牛ぎゅう肉にく麺めん
beef noodle soup
銘めい柄がら牛ぎゅう肉にく
branded beef
ブランド牛ぎゅう肉にく
branded beef

Etymology

Compound of 牛 (gyū, 'cow') + 肉 (niku, 'meat'). A straightforward Sino-Japanese word for beef.