| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 肉 | にく | meat |
| 牛肉 | ぎゅうにく | beef |
| 肉屋 | にくや | butcher |
| 焼肉 | やきにく | Korean BBQ |
| 筋肉 | きんにく | muscle |
| 肉眼 | にくがん | naked eye |
| 肉体 | にくたい | the body |
| とり肉 | とりにく | chicken meat |
| 皮肉 | ひにく | cynicism, sarcasm |
| 豚肉 | ぶたにく | pork |
| 馬肉 | ばにく | horsemeat |
| 鶏肉 | とりにく | chicken (meat) |
| 焼き肉 | やきにく | yakiniku (Japanese dish of fried meat), Korean barbecue |
| 羊肉 | ようにく | mutton, lamb (meat) |
| 肉体的 | にくたいてき | corporeal, material |
| 肉桂 | にっけい, にっき | cinnamon |
| 肉牛 | にくぎゅう | beef cattle |
| 肉薄 | にくはく | come close to, closing in upon, pressing hard (on the enemy), challenge |
| 肉親 | にくしん | blood relationship, blood relative |
| 苦肉の策 | くにくのさく | last resort, desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity |
| 食肉 | しょくにく | meat (for consumption) |
| 鯨肉 | げいにく | whale meat |