肉にく食しょく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

meat eating; meat diet

Refers to the act of eating meat or a diet that includes meat. Often contrasted with 菜食 (vegetarian diet).

See also: 菜食

• 彼かれは健けん康こうのために肉にく食しょくをやめた。

  He gave up eating meat for his health.

• 肉にく食しょく中ちゅう心しんの生せい活かつはコレステロールが気きになる。

  A meat-centered diet raises cholesterol concerns.

noun-modifying (irregular)

carnivorous

Only with reading にくしょく

Used prenominally to describe animals that eat meat, as in 肉食動物 (carnivorous animal). Restricted to the reading にくしょく.

See also: 草食

• ライオンは代だい表ひょう的てきな肉にく食しょく動どう物ぶつだ。

  Lions are a typical carnivorous animal.