Onyomi: シ · Kunyomi: あぶら · Meanings: fat, grease, gum, lard, rosin, tallow, tar
Kanji for fat, grease, gum, lard, rosin
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脂 is formed from the flesh/meat radical 月 on the left and the character 旨 on the right. 月 represents body fat or flesh, while 旨 originally means something rich or flavorful. Together, they show rich substance in the body. From this structure, 脂 came to mean fat, grease, or oil.
脂 shows rich body substance, meaning fat or grease.
Think of the body (月) storing something rich and flavorful (旨). That rich substance stored in the body is fat — 脂.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 脂 | あぶら | fat, tallow, lard, grease | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 脂 | やに | resin (from trees) | Noun |
| 脂肪 | しぼう | fat, grease, blubber, lard, suet | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 脂身 | あぶらみ | fat (of meat), fatty meat | Noun |
| 油っぽい | あぶらっぽい | greasy, fatty, oily | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 脂肪酸 | しぼうさん | fatty acid | Noun |
| 脂質 | ししつ | lipid | Noun |
| 脂っこい | あぶらっこい | greasy, fatty, oily | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| ヤニ取り | やにとり | tobacco stain removal, nicotine stain removal, nicotine stain remover | Noun |
| 脂坊主 | あぶらぼうず | skilfish (Erilepis zonifer), skil | Noun |