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dīng
    ding1
ting
 tei; hinoto / te; hinoto
    てい; ひのと

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Dinh
male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1]; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl
(1) (てい only) (See 甲乙丙丁) fourth rank; fourth class; fourth party (in a contract, etc.); (2) (esp. ひのと) fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; (3) (てい only) (abbreviation) (rare) (See 丁抹・デンマーク) Denmark; (surname) Rei


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yīng
    ying1
ying
 takazakura
    たかざくら

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Cherry Blossom / Sakura
cherry
(out-dated kanji) (1) cherry tree; cherry blossom; (2) decoy; fake buyer; shill; (3) hired applauder; (4) (colloquialism) horse meat; (surname) Takazakura

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shēn
    shen1
shen
 mi
    み

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Body
body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
(1) one's body; one's person; (2) oneself; one's appearance; (3) one's place (in society, etc.); one's position; (4) main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid); (surname) Misaki
kāya; tanu; deha. The body; the self.; Two forms of body; there are numerous pairs, e. g. (1) (a) 分段身 The varied forms of the karmic or ordinary mortal body, or being; (b) 變易身 the transformable, or spiritual body. (2) (a) 生身 The earthly body of the Buddha; (b) 化身 hinirmāṇakāya, which may take any form at will. (3) (a) 生身 his earthly body; (b) 法身 his moral and mental nature—a Hīnayāna definition, but Mahāyāna takes his earthly nirmāṇakāya as the 生身 and his dharmakāya or that and his saṃbhogakāya as 法身. (4) 眞應二身 The dharmakāya and nirmāṇakāya. (5) (a) 實相身 The absolute truth, or light, of the Buddha, i. e. the dharmakāya; (b) 爲物身 the functioning or temporal body. (6) (a) 眞身 the dharmakāya and saṃbhogakāya; (b) 化身 the nirmāṇakāya. (7) (a) 常身 his permanent or eternal body; (b) 無常身 his temporal body. (8) (a) 實身 and 化身 idem 二色身.


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sōng
    song1
sung
 su
    す
loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
(1) (kana only) cavity (in old root vegetables, tofu, metal casting, etc.); pore; hollow; bubble; blowhole; (can be adjective with の) (2) (kana only) porous; pithy; spongy


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niǎo
    niao3
niao
 yanadori
    やなどり

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Bird
bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
(1) bird; (2) bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry; (surname) Yanadori
A bird.

酒池肉林

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jiǔ chí ròu lín
    jiu3 chi2 rou4 lin2
chiu ch`ih jou lin
    chiu chih jou lin
 shuchinikurin
    しゅちにくりん

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Sumptuous Debauchery
lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery; sumptuous entertainment
(yoji) sumptuous feast; debauch

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ròu
    rou4
jou
 niku
    にく
meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130
(1) flesh; (2) meat; (3) flesh (of a fruit); pulp; (4) the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; (5) thickness; (6) content; substance; flesh; (7) (See 印肉) ink pad
māṃsa. Flesh.


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luán
    luan2
luan
 shishimura
    ししむら
skinny; sliced meat
(1) piece of meat; lump of meat; (2) the body; the flesh

凍肉


冻肉

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dòng ròu
    dong4 rou4
tung jou
 touniku / toniku
    とうにく
cold or frozen meat
frozen meat

狗肉

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gǒu ròu
    gou3 rou4
kou jou
 kuniku
    くにく
dog meat
dog meat; dog flesh

生肉

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shēng ròu
    sheng1 rou4
sheng jou
 seiniku; namaniku / seniku; namaniku
    せいにく; なまにく
raw meat
raw meat; fresh meat

精肉

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jīng ròu
    jing1 rou4
ching jou
 seiniku / seniku
    せいにく
(dialect) lean meat
(good quality) meat; processed meat; small goods

羊肉

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yáng ròu
    yang2 rou4
yang jou
 youniku / yoniku
    ようにく
mutton; goat meat
mutton; lamb (meat)

肉汁

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ròu zhī
    rou4 zhi1
jou chih
 nikujuu; nikujiru / nikuju; nikujiru
    にくじゅう; にくじる
meat stock
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy

肉片

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ròu piàn
    rou4 pian4
jou p`ien
    jou pien
 nikuhen
    にくへん
meat slice
piece of meat; cut of meat

肉質


肉质

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ròu zhì
    rou4 zhi4
jou chih
 nikushitsu
    にくしつ
quality of meat; succulent (botany)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) fleshiness; (2) meat quality

肉類


肉类

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ròu lèi
    rou4 lei4
jou lei
 nikurui
    にくるい
meat
(kinds of) meat

胸肉

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xiōng ròu
    xiong1 rou4
hsiung jou
 muneniku
    むねにく
breast meat (brisket, chicken breast etc)
breast meat (usu. of chicken); breast; white meat

魚肉


鱼肉

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yú ròu
    yu2 rou4
yü jou
 gyoniku
    ぎょにく
flesh of fish; fish and meat; (fig.) victims of oppression; (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)
fish meat

植物肉

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zhí wù ròu
    zhi2 wu4 rou4
chih wu jou
 shokubutsuniku
    しょくぶつにく
plant-based meat
plant-based meat; vegetable-based meat alternatives

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duò
    duo4
to
to chop up (meat etc); to chop off (sb's hand etc)

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    ti1
t`i
    ti
 teki
    てき
to scrape the meat from bones; to pick (teeth etc); to weed out
cutting

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ròu
    rou4
jou
 shishi
    しし
old variant of 肉[rou4]
(1) flesh; (2) meat


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lóng
    long2
lung
 oboro
    おぼろ
used in 朦朧|朦胧[meng2 long2]
(adjectival noun) (1) (kana only) hazy; dim; faint; (2) (kana only) minced meat; minced fish; (surname, female given name) Oboro

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chái
    chai2
ch`ai
    chai
 shiba
    しば
firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
brushwood; firewood; (surname) Murasaki
Fuel, firewood, brushwood.; See under Ten Strokes.

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yīng
    ying1
ying
 chieri
    ちえり
Japanese variant of 櫻|樱[ying1]
(1) cherry tree; cherry blossom; (2) decoy; fake buyer; shill; (3) hired applauder; (4) (colloquialism) horse meat; (female given name) Chieri

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jiān
    jian1
chien
 jon; chon
    ジョン; チョン
to pan fry; to sauté
(kana only) {food} jeon (fried dish of meat, vegetables, etc. coated in flour and egg) (kor:); (given name) Sen
To simmer, fry.

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fán
    fan2
fan
burn; to roast meat for sacrifice

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zào
    zao4
tsao
 sō
dry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat
dried


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huì
    hui4
hui
to braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water

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shòu
    shou4
shou
thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive

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qín
    qin2
ch`in
    chin
 kin
    とり
generic term for birds and animals; birds; to capture (old)
(1) bird; (2) bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
bird

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liáo
    liao2
liao
bamboo receptacle used to hold meat for temple sacrifices in ancient times


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niǔ
    niu3
niu
 himo(p); himo
    ひも(P); ヒモ
to turn; to wrench; button; nu (Greek letter Νν)
(1) (kana only) string; cord; (2) (kana only) leash; (3) (kana only) (colloquialism) (esp. ヒモ) man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; pimp; (4) (kana only) restrictions; conditions; (5) (kana only) mantle (shellfish, etc.); (6) (kana only) {food} small intestine (beef, pork); oviduct meat (chicken)

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lǎo
    lao3
lao
 rou / ro
    ろう
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
(n,n-pref,n-suf) (1) old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder; (pronoun) (2) (archaism) (humble language) (used by the elderly) I; me; my humble self; (surname) Rou
jarā; old, old age.

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rán
    ran2
jan
dog meat; old variant of 然[ran2]

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yáo
    yao2
yao
 sakana
    さかな
meat dishes; mixed viands
(1) appetizer or snack served with drinks; (2) performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party; (female given name) Sakana
savory food

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    zi3
tzu
dried meat with bone

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    zi4
tzu
rotten meat; bones of dead animal

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    zi4
tzu
cut meat into pieces; diced meat

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cuǒ
    cuo3
ts`o
    tso
chopped meat; trifles

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tǐng
    ting3
t`ing
    ting
brisket meat; straight

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méi
    mei2
mei
meat on the back of an animal

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shèn
    shen4
shen
sacrificial meat (raw)


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xiū
    xiu1
hsiu
 hisashi
    ひさし
dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times); dried; withered
(personal name) Hisashi
to handle

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    xi1
hsi
dried meat; also pr. [xi2]

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nǎn
    nan3
nan
brisket; belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs; see 牛腩[niu2 nan3] esp. Cantonese; erroneously translated as sirloin

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duàn
    duan4
tuan
dried meat

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fán
    fan2
fan
 himorogi
    ひもろぎ
cooked meat used in sacrifice
(archaism) offerings of food (to the gods)

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    hu1
hu
big piece of meat; dried meat


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kuài
    kuai4
k`uai
    kuai
 namasu
    なます
chopped meat or fish
(food term) (kana only) dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar


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    la4
la
 rou / ro
    ろう
ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month; the 12th lunar month; (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
(1) {Buddh} offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice; (2) twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar; (3) (See 臈) year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
Dried flesh; to sacrifice to the gods three days after the winter solstice; the end of the year; a year; a monastic year, i.e. the end of the annual summer retreat, also called 戒臘; 夏臘; 法臘.

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huò
    huo4
huo
(literary) meat broth


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hūn
    hun1
hun
 kun
    くん
strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar; obscene
(1) strong-smelling vegetable (esp. garlic, onion, Chinese chives, Chinese scallion, Japanese garlic); (2) pungent vegetable (esp. ginger and water pepper)
Strongly smelling vegetables, e.g. onions, garlic, leeks, etc., forbidden to Buddhist vegetarians; any non-vegetarian food.


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yān
    yan1
yen
to salt; to pickle; to cure (meat); to marinate

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tǎn
    tan3
t`an
    tan
brine of pickled meat

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hǎi
    hai3
hai
 hishio
    ひしお
minced meat; pickled meat
salted flesh (fish, etc.)

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xiàn
    xian4
hsien
 sachiyo
    さちよ
to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) end; finish; stop; (2) bounds; limits; (3) delivery date (of a futures contract); (4) finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in joruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville); (suf,ctr) (5) counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat); (particle) (6) (kana only) only; just; (7) (kana only) since; after; (8) (kana only) remaining (in a particular state); (personal name) Sachiyo
Limit, boundary, to fix.


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jiǎo
    jiao3
chiao
dumplings with meat filling


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zhēng
    zheng1
cheng
 saba(p); saba(p)
    さば(P); サバ(P)
(literary) boiled stew of fish and meat
(1) (kana only) mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); (2) (net-sl) (See サーバ・1) server (esp. in an online game); (surname) Saba

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    ji1
chi
 niwatori(p); tori; kake(ok); kutakake(ok); niwatori
    にわとり(P); とり; かけ(ok); くたかけ(ok); ニワトリ
Japanese variant of 雞|鸡
(1) chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; (2) (See 鶏肉・1) chicken meat


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zhāi
    zhai1
chai
 hitoshi
    ひとし
to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room; building; to give alms (to a monk)
(surname) Hitoshi
To reverence: abstinence; to purify as by fasting, or abstaining, e.g. from flesh food; religious or abstinential duties, or times; upavasatha (uposatha), a fast; the ritual period for food, i.e. before noon; a room for meditation, a study, a building, etc., devoted to abstinence, chastity, or the Buddhist religion; mourning (for parents).


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    ji1
chi
finely chopped meat or vegetables; powdered or fragmentary

お数

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 okazu
    おかず
(1) (kana only) side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal; (2) (kana only) food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation); (3) (kana only) fill; fill-in (drumming)

お菜

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 osai
    おさい
    okazu
    おかず
(1) (kana only) side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal; (2) (kana only) fill; fill-in (drumming); (1) (kana only) side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal; (2) (kana only) food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation); (3) (kana only) fill; fill-in (drumming)

ちり

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 chiri
    ちり
(See ちり鍋) dish of fish (meat, etc.), tofu, vegetables boiled together and served with ponzu dipping sauce; (place-name) Chili; (female given name) Chiri

三厭

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 sanen
    さんえん
{Buddh} red meat, bird and fish flesh; three disagreeable things

上肉

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 jouniku / joniku
    じょうにく
high-quality meat

並肉

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 naminiku
    なみにく
meat of medium quality

中肉

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 chuuniku / chuniku
    ちゅうにく
(1) (See 中肉中背・ちゅうにくちゅうぜい) medium build; (2) meat of medium quality

主菜

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zhǔ cài
    zhu3 cai4
chu ts`ai
    chu tsai
 shusai
    しゅさい
main course
(See メインディッシュ) main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish

乾肉

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 hoshiniku
    ほしにく
dried meat; jerky

五法

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wǔ fǎ
    wu3 fa3
wu fa
 gohō
pañcadharma. The five laws or categories, of which four groups are as follows: I. 相名五法 The five categories of form and name: (1) 相 appearances, or phenomena; (2) 名 their names; (3) 分別 sometimes called 妄想 ordinary mental discrimination of them— (1) and (2) are objective, (3) subjective; (4) 正智 corrective wisdom, which corrects the deficiencies and errors of the last: (5) 如如 the 眞如 Bhutatathata or absolute wisdom, reached through the 如理智 understanding of the law of the absolute, or ultimate truth. II. 事理五法 The five categories into which things and their principles are divided: (1) 心法 mind; (2) 心所法 mental conditions or activities; (3) 色法 the actual states or categories as conceived; (4) 不相應法 hypothetic categories, 唯識 has twenty-four, the Abhidharma fourteen; (5) 無爲法 the state of rest, or the inactive principle pervading all things; the first four are the 事 and the last the 理. III. 理智五法 cf. 五智; the five categories of essential wisdom: (1) 眞如 the absolute; (2) 大圓鏡智 wisdom as the great perfect mirror reflecting all things; (3) 平等性智 wisdom of the equal Buddha nature of all beings; (4) 妙觀察智 wisdom of mystic insight into all things and removal of ignorance and doubt; (5) 成所作智 wisdom perfect in action and bringing blessing to self and others. IV. 提婆五法 The five obnoxious rules of Devadatta: not to take milk in any form, nor meat, nor salt; to wear unshaped garments, and to live apart. Another set is: to wear cast-off rags, beg food, have only one set meal a day, dwell in the open, and abstain from all kinds of flesh, milk, etc.

五目

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 gomoku
    ごもく
(1) mixture of ingredients (originally five); (2) (abbreviation) (See 五目飯・ごもくめし,五目鮨・ごもくずし,五目そば・ごもくそば) mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); (3) (abbreviation) (See 五目並べ) gomoku (game); five in a row; go-bang; (place-name) Gome

人刺

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 jinsashi
    じんさし
human meat (for human consumption)

仔鳩

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 kobato
    こばと
(1) squab; young pigeon; (2) pigeon meat

兎肉

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 toniku
    とにく
rabbit meat

冷肉

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 reiniku / reniku
    れいにく
cold meat

切り

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 kiri
    きり
(1) end; finish; stop; (2) bounds; limits; (3) delivery date (of a futures contract); (4) finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in joruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville); (suf,ctr) (5) counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat); (particle) (6) (kana only) only; just; (7) (kana only) since; after; (8) (kana only) remaining (in a particular state)

切身

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qiè shēn
    qie4 shen1
ch`ieh shen
    chieh shen
 kirimi
    きりみ
direct; concerning oneself; personal
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet

剥身

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 mukimi
    むきみ
    sukimi
    すきみ
shellfish removed from the shell; (1) (food term) thin slice of meat or fish; (2) (food term) (archaism) briefly salt-pickled fish slice

割肉

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gē ròu
    ge1 rou4
ko jou
to cut some meat; to cut off a piece of flesh; (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss

加薬

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 kayaku
    かやく
(1) (kana only) spices; condiments; seasoning; (2) {med} adjuvant (in Chinese medicine); addition of an adjuvant; (3) (ksb:) (See 五目飯) meat, fish, vegetables, etc. added to rice or udon (e.g. to make gomoku meshi)

原汁

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yuán zhī
    yuan2 zhi1
yüan chih
stock (liquid from stewing meat etc)

吃齋


吃斋

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chī zhāi
    chi1 zhai1
ch`ih chai
    chih chai
to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian

合子

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hé zi
    he2 zi5
ho tzu
 aiko
    あいこ
pasty (i.e. pastry stuffed with meat or vegetables)
(female given name) Aiko

囊揣

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nāng chuài
    nang1 chuai4
nang ch`uai
    nang chuai
soft, fat meat of pig's belly; sow's sagging teats; weakling; flabby person; also written 囊膪

囊膪

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nāng chuài
    nang1 chuai4
nang ch`uai
    nang chuai
soft, fat meat of pig's belly; sow's sagging teats; weakling; flabby person; also written 囊揣

地鳥

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 jidori
    じどり
    jitori
    じとり
(1) nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; (2) locally raised chicken

地鶏

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 jidori
    じどり
    jitori
    じとり
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same

子鳩

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 kobato
    こばと
(1) squab; young pigeon; (2) pigeon meat

宍色

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 shishiiro / shishiro
    ししいろ
(hist) (traditional Japanese color name) salmon pink; meat color

宰殺


宰杀

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zǎi shā
    zai3 sha1
tsai sha
to slaughter (an animal for meat); to butcher

屑肉

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 kuzuniku
    くずにく
waste meat; meat scraps; offal

屠殺


屠杀

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tú shā
    tu2 sha1
t`u sha
    tu sha
 tosatsu
    とさつ
to massacre; to slaughter
(noun/participle) (sensitive word) slaughter (of animals for meat)

屠肉

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 toniku
    とにく
butchered meat

山鯨

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 yamakujira
    やまくじら
(from when eating animal meat was considered taboo (pre-Meiji)) wild boar meat; mountain whale

干肉

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 hoshiniku
    ほしにく
dried meat; jerky

御数

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 okazu
    おかず
(1) (kana only) side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal; (2) (kana only) food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation); (3) (kana only) fill; fill-in (drumming)

御菜

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 osai
    おさい
    okazu
    おかず
(1) (kana only) side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal; (2) (kana only) fill; fill-in (drumming); (1) (kana only) side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal; (2) (kana only) food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation); (3) (kana only) fill; fill-in (drumming)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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