Word Meaning 肉食

にくじき nikujiki

肉食 is read as にくじき (nikujiki) and means carnivorous.

Meaning

English

  1. carnivorous
  2. meat eating
  3. eating of meat
  4. meat diet

Reading

Kana

にくじき

Romaji

nikujiki

Writing Variants

  • 肉食 にくしょく nikushoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 菜食,草食 Rank 800 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

肉食女子

にくしょくじょし

woman who likes eating meat

肉食動物

にくしょくどうぶつ

carnivore

肉食鳥

にくしょくちょう

carnivorous bird

肉食魚

にくしょくぎょ

carnivorous fish

人肉食

じんにくしょく

cannibalism

肉食系女子

にくしょくけいじょし

carnivorous female

肉食主義

にくしょくしゅぎ

creophagism

肉食系

にくしょくけい

man's man

肉食妻帯

にくじきさいたい

meat and matrimony (Buddhism)

肉食性

にくしょくせい

carnivorousness

肉食獣

にくしょくじゅう

carnivore

弱肉強食

じゃくにくきょうしょく

survival of the fittest

Example Sentences

5

A tiger is a beast of prey.

Tom doesn't eat pork, does he?

She stopped eating meat two years ago.

My dog eats better meat than I do.

That's because there weren't any large carnivores in New Guinea.