牛肉(ぎゅうにく)

ぎゅうにく
noun
beef
food
1. beef
Meat from cattle, used as food.
牛肉(ぎゅうにく)を焼(や)く。
To grill beef.
今日(きょう)は牛肉(ぎゅうにく)を食(た)べたい。
I want to eat beef today.
この店(みせ)は牛肉(ぎゅうにく)がおいしい。
This restaurant has delicious beef.
スーパーで牛肉(ぎゅうにく)を300グラム買(か)った。
I bought 300 grams of beef at the supermarket.
Japanese beef is expensive, but very delicious.

牛肉(ぎゅうにく) means beef. Combines 牛(ぎゅう) (cow; the on-reading of 牛(うし)) + 肉(にく) (meat). On menus and labels 牛(ぎゅう) alone often stands for beef: 牛(ぎゅう)タン (beef tongue), 牛(ぎゅう)カルビ (beef short rib).

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