Meaning

Primary

Chicken Meat

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Chicken meat is chicken meat!

Reading

とりにく
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This word uses a kun'yomi reading for 鶏 that you haven't learned yet (とり), plus the usual on'yomi for 肉. Sounds tricky, but remember how 鳥 is とり? Chicken meat is basically just bird meat, so think of it like that when you're trying to remember this reading!

Context

Context Sentences

できるだけ鶏肉のささみを食べるようにしています。

I try to make sure I eat as much white meat from chicken as I can.

Kanji Composition