meat

(George Michael's Moustache) + (person)
★★★★☆
6 strokes
BETADUH

Onyomi

NIKU

Mnemonic

George has got two men's meat trapped in his 'stache. He particularly NEEds COOlio's meat. Of course it might just be easier to think of it as 2 pork chops, but I prefer the more lurid imagery.

Kunyomi

にく meat, muscle LAZY
★★★★☆

Jukugo

筋肉(きんにく)

muscle ★★★☆☆
(muscle) + (meat) = 筋肉 (muscle)

皮肉(ひにく)

sarcasm/irony ★★★☆☆ SARC
(skin) + (meat) = 皮肉 (sarcasm/irony)

sarcasm OR irony. Japanese DO have a sense of sarcasm,(for example, calling the traditional chicken-and-scrambled-eggs dish "parents and child") but it is so different than the Western say-the-opposite-of-what-you-mean style that Japanese don't have a word for western sarc. So they seem to have taken their word for Irony and pressed it into service for sarcasm as well.

豚肉(ぶたにく)

pork ★★★☆☆ KUNKUN
(pig) + (meat) = 豚肉 (pork )

焼肉(やきにく)

roast meat, usually beef. ★★☆☆☆ NOKURI
(roast / grill) + (meat) = 焼肉 (roast meat, usually beef.)

牛肉(ぎゅうにく)

beef ★★☆☆☆
(cow) + (meat) = 牛肉 (beef)

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