肉食(にくしょく)

にくしょく
noun
meat-eating; carnivorous
food
1. meat-eating, carnivorous
Eating meat, or the practice of eating meat. Used both for animals (carnivorous) and humans (meat-eating diet).
ライオンは肉食(にくしょく)動物(どうぶつ)だ。
Lions are carnivorous animals.
肉食(にくしょく)を控(ひか)えて野菜(やさい)中心(ちゅうしん)の食事(しょくじ)にした。
I cut back on meat and switched to a vegetable-based diet.
恐竜(きょうりゅう)の中(なか)には肉食(にくしょく)と草食(そうしょく)の両方(りょうほう)がいたことが化石(かせき)から分(わ)かっている。
It is known from fossils that there were both carnivorous and herbivorous dinosaurs.
2. aggressive, assertive (in pursuing romance)
Slang describing someone who is aggressive or proactive in pursuing romantic or sexual relationships. Contrasted with 草食(そうしょく) (herbivore), which describes passive, unassertive people.
彼(かれ)は肉食(にくしょく)系(けい)だから、すぐ声(こえ)をかける。
He's the aggressive type, so he'll approach someone right away.
最近(さいきん)は肉食(にくしょく)系(けい)女子(じょし)が増(ふ)えたと言(い)われている。
It's said that assertive women have been increasing recently.
草食(そうしょく)系(けい)の男性(だんせい)が増(ふ)える一方(いっぽう)で、肉食(にくしょく)系(けい)の女性(じょせい)も目立(めだ)つようになってきた。
While passive men are on the rise, assertive women have also become more noticeable.

Usage

Sense 2 became widespread around the late 2000s as part of the 草食(そうしょく)系(けい)/肉食(にくしょく)系(けい) typology used to describe dating attitudes. The contrast is: 肉食(にくしょく)系(けい) = aggressive, proactive; 草食(そうしょく)系(けい) = passive, uninterested.

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Antonym: 草食(そうしょく) (herbivorous; passive (in dating))
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Added 2026.2.27 16:01 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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