meat; kinds of meat
Refers to meat as a food category, often in contrast to vegetables or seafood. Used in dietary, culinary, or nutritional contexts.
彼は肉類を一切食べない。
He doesn't eat any kind of meat.
この料理には肉類がたっぷり使われている。
This dish uses plenty of meat.
carnivores; animals of the order Carnivora
Compound of 肉 (niku, 'meat') and 類 (rui, 'kind, category'). The reading にくるい is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi readings.