脂

• 読み: あぶら
• ローマ字: abura
• 漢字の分解: 脂 (shi/abura) — fat, grease
• 発音: /a.bɯ.ɾa/

意味

Fat; grease; animal fat. The solid or semi-solid fat found in meat and on the body.

A noun referring specifically to animal fat or body fat, as opposed to 油 (liquid oil). Used for fatty meat (脂身), oily skin (脂性), and figuratively in the expression 脂が乗る (to be in one's prime, literally 'the fat is riding well' — from fish being at peak fattiness and flavour).

例文

1. この肉は脂が多くておいしい。
2. 彼は今、仕事に脂が乗っている時期だ。
3. 顔の脂が気になる季節になった。

使い方ガイド

場面: cooking, food, figurative speech

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 脂 combines the flesh radical 月 with 旨 (delicious), reflecting the connection between fat and rich flavour in food.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal