にく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of にく – see the following entry.

【肉】2 [noun] meat, the muscle and fat tissue of an animal used as food [noun] the flesh of an animal [noun] the flesh of a fruit or vegetable [noun] one's body, as opposed to spirit [noun] in the Edo period, a prostitute who was an amateur woman [noun] (Christianity) refers to humans themselves, their world, and their sins, as opposed to their spirit [noun] the thickness of a thing [noun] (figurative) the flesh or meat of something, such as an idea, structure, or argument [noun] an ink pad, a stamp pad [noun] (theater, kabuki) short for 肉襦袢 (niku juban): flesh-toned undergarments worn by actors and shown when the character has to display their skin

(This term, にく, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as にく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as にく.)