mutton; lamb (meat)
Refers to the meat of sheep, covering both adult sheep (mutton) and young sheep (lamb).
We grilled and ate mutton at the yakiniku restaurant.
Let's make lamb curry tonight.
Mutton is commonly eaten in this region.
I used spices to get rid of the gamey smell of the mutton.
I stewed the mutton together with vegetables.
Compound of 羊 (ひつじ, 'sheep') and 肉 (にく, 'meat'). The reading ようにく is the standard on'yomi combination.