Meat - Meat

Japanese: 肉 - にく

〘noun〙① The soft material that is covered by the skin of an animal and encases the skeleton inside. Mainly the muscle part. [Bunmeihon Setsuyoshu (middle Muromachi period)] ※Dangihon Furyu Shidokenden (1763) 5 "The body has thin flesh , and the face is only wrinkled with a long nod." [Analects of Confucius - Kyoto] ② The muscle and fat part of an animal that is eaten. Specifically refers to that of beef, pork, and chicken. ※Fukkung Kousaku Shinju Shinkyo Kantoku Ni-ten (1045) "Ability to abstain from alcohol, meat, and various spicy substances." ③ The soft part between the skin and the seed of a fruit. Fruit flesh. Fruit. ※Amateur Hochou - Hatsu (1803) "Plum flesh or regular pickled plum flesh is also fine." ④ (For spirits) The flesh. The living body. Also, the naked body without clothes, or the body as an object of sexual desire. ※Rodandan (1889)〈Koda Rohan〉4 "The reason why mankind is not more unfortunate than other animals and is happier is because they know the two interests of both the flesh and the heart."⑤ In early modern times, it referred to amateur women who engaged in prostitution in the Kamigata region. ※Sakehon Nikudo Hiken (before the 18th century) "In recent years, where ordinary flesh lives, they have begun to meet secretly in towns under the name of foxes and mice, and they make a point of listening."⑥ In Christianity, it refers to human beings themselves, this world, and those that belong to sin. It is used in contrast to spirits. ※Cited from The New Testament (1880) Roman Book "To think of the flesh is death, to think of the spirit is life ."⑦ The thickness of something. Thickness. Thickness. "Meat on the board" *Aobeka Monogatari (1960) <Yamamoto Shugoro > Mokusho "The pieces were also made of boxwood, thin in texture, and made a nice, cool sound when placed on the board." ⑧ The richness, depth, thickness, etc. that covers the framework, structure, and basics. *Gubisho (c. 1314) Umoto "A thick body, _{two sections} in _one , an interesting body, these three must be meat." ⑨ Refers to ink pad. *Kyuo Dowa (1834) 1 "When the seal is taken out, meat is added, and the seal is about to be stamped." ⑩ Abbreviation of "Niku Juban (meat undergarment)." *Musei War Diary <Tokugawa Musei> 1942 (Showa 17) January 9 "I put cosmetics, meat (worn to impersonate a fat general), lunch, etc. in a large Boston bag and left home at 9 o'clock."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 動物の皮膚におおわれ、内部で骨格を包む柔軟質のもの。主として筋肉の部分。〔文明本節用集（室町中）〕※談義本・風流志道軒伝（1763）五「からだには肉(ニク)薄く、顔は皺のみにして頷長く」〔論語‐郷党〕② 食用とする動物の筋肉や脂肪の部分。特に、牛、豚、鶏などのそれをいう。※不空羂索神呪心経寛徳二年点（1045）「能く酒、宍(ニク)及び諸薫辛を断て」③ 果実の皮と種子の間にある柔らかな部分。果肉。実。※素人庖丁‐初（1803）「梅の肉(ニク)又は常の梅干の肉(ニク)にてもよし」④ (霊に対して) 肉体。生身のからだ。また、衣服などをつけない裸の肉体や、性欲の対象としての肉体。※露団々（1889）〈幸田露伴〉四「人類が他の動物より不幸でなくて、幸福なる所以は、肉(ニク)と心とに付て、二つながらの利害を知る故です」⑤ 近世上方で、密淫売をする素人の女をいった。※洒落本・肉道秘鍵（１８Ｃ前）「凡肉の在所近来町々に狐鼠屋と号て窃に会合耳を専らにする事也」⑥ キリスト教で、人間そのもの、またこの世、罪に属するものをさす。霊に対していう。※引照新約全書（1880）羅馬書「肉の事を念ふは死なり、霊の事を念ふは生(いのち)なり」⑦ 物の厚さ。厚み。太さ。「板の肉」※青べか物語（1960）〈山本周五郎〉もくしょう「駒もいちおう黄楊(つげ)材で、肉が薄く、盤へ置くときには冷たそうないい音がした」⑧ 骨子、骨格、基本をおおう豊かさ、深さ、厚さなど。※愚秘抄（1314頃）鵜本「濃体、有_二一節_一体、面白体、此三は肉なるべし」⑨ 印肉のこと。※鳩翁道話（1834）一「印形をとり出し、肉(ニク)をつけて、既に判を押うとするとき」⑩ 「にくジュバン（肉襦袢）」の略。※夢声戦争日記〈徳川夢声〉昭和一七年（1942）一月九日「大ボストンバッグに、化粧品、ニク（肥った将軍に扮するため着用のもの）、弁当など入れて九時家出」

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