脂し質しつ

し

つ

Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

lipid; fat

Biochemistry term for fats, oils, and related compounds. In everyday contexts, it often refers to dietary fat or body fat.

この食しょく品ひんは脂し質しつが少すくない。
This food is low in fat.
脂し質しつ異い常じょう症しょうは生せい活かつ習しゅう慣かん病びょうの一ひとつです。
Dyslipidemia is one of the lifestyle-related diseases.

See all 17 example sentences ›

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉は脂し質しつが多おおい〈thing〉 is high in fat/lipids
このお菓か子しは脂し質しつが多おおい。
This snack is high in fat.
脂し質しつを摂せっ取しゅするto consume/take in lipids
健けん康こうのために脂し質しつの摂せっ取しゅ量りょうに気きをつけている。
I'm careful about how much fat I take in for the sake of my health.
脂し質しつを控ひかえるto cut back on fat/lipids
医い者しゃに脂し質しつを控ひかえるように言いわれた。
The doctor told me to cut back on fat.

Kanji

脂fat, grease, tallow
質substance, quality, matter

Related words

脂し肪ぼうN2
脂肪 is the everyday word for fat (body fat or fat in food), while 脂質 is the technical biochemistry term covering all lipids.
油あぶらN3
油 refers broadly to oils, whether cooking oil or petroleum, whereas 脂質 specifically names the biochemical class of lipids.
脂し肪ぼう酸さん
脂質 is the broad category term for lipids (including fats, cholesterol, and fatty acids), while 脂肪酸 refers specifically to fatty acid molecules themselves.
コレステロール
脂質 is the broad scientific term for lipids/fats in general, while コレステロール names one specific fat-like substance within that category.
油ゆ脂し
脂質 is the biochemistry term for lipids as a class of molecules, while 油脂 is the more general term for fats and oils as everyday substances.

Word family· 9

Show 4 more

複ふく合ごう脂し質しつ
complex lipid
脂し質しつ異い常じょう症しょう
dyslipidemia; lipid abnormality
過か酸さん化か脂し質しつ
lipid peroxides; fatty acid peroxides
スフィンゴ脂し質しつ
sphingolipid

Etymology

Compound of 脂 (し, 'fat, oil') and 質 (しつ, 'substance, quality'). The reading ししつ follows standard on'yomi. The term was coined in modern scientific contexts to translate 'lipid'.