quality meat; processed meat; smallgoods
Refers to meat that has been butchered, trimmed, and prepared for sale, often implying good quality. Used in contexts like butcher shops, supermarkets, and food processing.
このスーパーは精肉の品揃えが豊富だ。
This supermarket has a wide selection of quality meats.
精肉店で新鮮な肉を買った。
I bought fresh meat at the butcher shop.
精肉 is the formal, retail term for meat sold for consumption, while 肉 is the plain everyday word for meat.
Compound of 精 (refined, pure) and 肉 (meat), literally 'refined meat'. The term likely arose in the context of butchery and meat retail to distinguish prepared cuts from whole carcasses or lower-grade meat.