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肉, にく
1. flesh
2. meat
3. flesh (of a fruit), pulp
4. the physical body (as opposed to the spirit), flesh
5. thickness
その魚と肉を冷凍してください。
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皮肉, ひにく
NA-adjective, May take 'no'
1. irony, sarcasm, cynicism, satire
2. unexpected, different from what one expected, not as one had planned
3. (only) surface, something superficial
Archaism, literal meaning
4. skin and bone, body
私はあなたの皮肉な言葉は聞き捨てにはできません。
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肉体的, にくたいてき
NA-adjective
1. bodily, physical, corporeal
2. sexual, sensual, of the flesh
食物と飲み物は肉体的に必要なものだ。
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皮肉る, ひにくる
Godan verb, Transitive
to make a cynical remark (about), to make a sarcastic remark (about), to satirize, to mock
鶏肉, 鳥肉, とりにく, けいにく, ちょうにく
1. chicken meat
Only 鳥肉
2. fowl, poultry, bird meat
鶏肉を３ポンド分ください。
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肉眼, にくがん, にくげん
Only にくがん
1. naked eye
See 五眼, Buddhist term, usu. にくげん
2. the physical eye
それらの星は肉眼で見える、まして望遠鏡ならなおさらである。
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苦肉の策, くにくのさく
Expression
last resort, desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
苦肉の策で企画したんですが、その本はよく売れました。
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肉食, にくしょく, にくじき
Takes suru, May take 'no', See 菜食, Intransitive
1. meat eating, eating of meat, meat diet, to eat meat
Only にくしょく, Noun or verb acting prenominally, See 草食
2. carnivorous
私は肉食をやめた。
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肉薄, 肉迫, にくはく
Takes suru, Intransitive
1. closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.), coming close to, pressing hard
2. pressing hard (e.g. with a question), taking to task, grilling
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肉筆, にくひつ
May take 'no'
1. one's own handwriting, autograph
2. as written with a brush
これは良の肉筆の手紙だ。
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肉付け, 肉づけ, にくづけ
Takes suru, Transitive, Intransitive
1. fleshing out (e.g. a plan), giving substance to, to flesh out
2. modeling, modelling, to model