(にくへん)

にくへん
noun
piece of meat; meat slice
1. piece of meat; slice of meat
A cut or piece of meat, typically referring to a slice, chunk, or strip used in cooking.
肉片(にくへん)(なべ)()れる。
Put the pieces of meat into the pot.
(うす)肉片(にくへん)をさっと()く。
Quickly grill thin slices of meat.
(おお)きな肉片(にくへん)がごろごろ(はい)ったシチューを(つく)った。
I made a stew with big chunks of meat throughout.

A compound of (にく) (meat) and (へん) (piece, fragment). Used in cooking and food descriptions to refer to cut or sliced pieces of meat. The (へん) suffix appears in other food-related compounds like 魚片(ぎょへん) (piece of fish).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 薄切(うすぎ)りの肉片(にくへん): thinly sliced pieces of meat
  • 肉片(にくへん)(いた)める: to stir-fry pieces of meat
  • 肉片(にくへん)煮込(にこ)む: to stew pieces of meat

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • (にく): meat (general) — the basic word, does not imply it is cut into pieces
  • ()(): fillet, cut of meat or fish — more specific to a prepared cut
  • 薄切(うすぎ)(にく): thinly sliced meat — specifies the cutting method
  • 角切(かくぎ)(にく): cubed meat — specifies the shape of the cut