肉にく

noun

meat

Edible animal flesh, the most common everyday sense.

• 今こん夜やは肉にく料りょう理りにしよう。

  Let's have a meat dish tonight.

• この肉にくはとても柔やわらかい。

  This meat is very tender.

noun

flesh

The soft substance of a human or animal body, often in contrast to bone or skin.

• 傷きず口ぐちから肉にくが見みえている。

  The flesh is visible through the wound.

noun

flesh (of fruit); pulp

The soft edible part of fruit or vegetables.

• 桃ももの肉にくは甘あまくてジューシーだ。

  The flesh of the peach is sweet and juicy.

noun

physical body; flesh

The body as opposed to the spirit or mind; often in religious or philosophical contexts.

• 霊れいは望のぞんでも、肉にくは弱よわい。

  The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

noun

thickness

Used for the thickness of objects, especially in compound words like 肉厚.

• この板いたは肉にくが薄うすい。

  This board is thin (lacks thickness).

noun

substance; content; body

The essential part or core of something, often used in expressions like 肉付け or 肉がつく.

• 彼かれの話はなしには肉にくがない。

  His story lacks substance.

noun

ink pad

Specifically the pad used with a seal (印鑑), as in 印肉.

See also: 印肉

• 印いん鑑かんを押おす前まえに、印いん肉にくをつけてください。

  Please press the seal on the ink pad before stamping.