Word Meaning 筋肉

きんにく kinniku

筋肉 is read as きんにく (kinniku) and means muscle.

Meaning

English

  1. muscle

Reading

Kana

きんにく

Romaji

kinniku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 4353 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

筋肉質

きんにくしつ

lean (of a company's operations, etc.)

筋肉内

きんにくない

intramuscular

筋肉労働

きんにくろうどう

physical or manual labor

筋肉内注射

きんにくないちゅうしゃ

intramuscular injection

筋肉組織

きんにくそしき

muscle tissue

筋肉感覚

きんにくかんかく

muscular sense

筋肉美

きんにくび

muscular beauty

筋肉注射

きんにくちゅうしゃ

intramuscular injection

筋肉バカ

きんにくばか

meathead

筋肉痛

きんにくつう

muscular pain

筋肉細胞

きんにくさいぼう

muscle cell

筋肉隆々

きんにくりゅうりゅう

muscular

Example Sentences

10

My whole body is sore.

All my muscles are aching.

The heart is made of muscle.

Swimming develops our muscles.

This medicine helps relieve muscle pain.

It hurts to even walk with my thigh muscles aching.

Physical exercise trains the muscles.

Hercules had strong muscles.

Recently, I haven't been working out, so I've lost a bit of muscle.

Let's turn our arms really wide to loosen up our shoulder muscles.