豚肉

See also: 豬肉

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
豚	肉
ぶた Grade: S	にく Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶたにく [bùtáníkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝta̠ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

豚(ぶた)肉(にく) • (butaniku) 

1. pork

Synonyms

• ポーク (pōku)

Related terms

• 肉(にく) (niku): meat
• 牛(ぎゅう)肉(にく) (gyūniku): beef
• 鶏(けい)肉(にく) (keiniku), 鶏(とり)肉(にく) (toriniku): chicken

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
豚	肉
とん Grade: S	にく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とんにく [tòńníkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [tõ̞ɲ̟ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

豚(とん)肉(にく) • (tonniku) 

1. pork

See also

• ハム (hamu): ham
• ベーコン (bēkon): bacon

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN