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死肉

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 死肉

屍肉
にく
Noun
Freq #52170
1

dead flesh; carrion

Examples
ハゲタカが突っつく死んだ鹿とか、他の動物の食べ残しとか、 そういう腐った肉を死肉と書きました。
A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.

Kanji in this Word

6 strokes
Frequency: 229
JLPT N3
Grade 3

Meanings

death
die

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
し.ぬ
し.に-
6 strokes
Frequency: 986
JLPT N3
Grade 2

Meanings

meat

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ニク
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
しし
9 strokes

Meanings

corpse

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
しかばね
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