1.
body warmth; skin temperature; human skin warmth
The natural warmth of a person's body or skin. Often used to describe warming something to approximately body temperature, or to evoke the comfort of human warmth.
人肌に温める。
Warm it to body temperature.
ミルクを人肌くらいに温めてください。
Please warm the milk to about body temperature.
赤ちゃんの沐浴は人肌くらいの温度のお湯がちょうどいい。
Water at about body temperature is just right for bathing a baby.
USAGE:
人肌 refers to the warmth of about 36-37°C, the temperature of human skin. It is frequently used in cooking and childcare to describe the ideal warm-but-not-hot temperature.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 人肌に温める (to warm to body temperature)
- 人肌くらい (about body temperature)
- 人肌の温もり (the warmth of a person's body)
RELATED EXPRESSION:
一肌脱ぐ (to lend a hand, to pitch in) uses a different compound with 肌.