also: にくじる
meat juice; gravy; meat broth
Refers to the liquid from cooked meat: juices from grilled or roasted meat, gravy, or a clear meat-based soup/bouillon. The reading にくじる is often used for the juices/gravy sense, while にくじゅう can sound more formal or refer to a clear broth.
When I cut the steak, the meat juices overflowed.
This nikujaga is well soaked in the meat broth.
Standard kanji spelling. Most commonly read にくじゅう.
Alternate reading, more common in everyday speech for meat juices or gravy.
Compound of 肉 (niku, 'meat') and 汁 (shiru/jū, 'juice, broth'). The reading にくじゅう uses the on'yomi of 汁, while にくじる uses the kun'yomi.