Mutton

Japanese: mutton
Mutton

…The meat of sheep used for food is called lamb, which comes from sheep under one year old, and mutton, which comes from mature sheep over 20 months old. The production volume of sheep meat in Japan is 208 tons (1995), and almost all of it is imported.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "mutton" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…食用にするヒツジの肉のうち,生後1年未満のヒツジからの肉をラムlamb,生後20ヵ月以上の成熟したヒツジからの肉をマトンmuttonという。日本での羊肉の生産量は208t(1995)で,ほとんど全部輸入に頼っている。…

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