肉食

にくしょく

meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet

Also:carnivorous

What does 肉食 mean?

肉食 is a Japanese noun meaning meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet in English. It can also be translated as carnivorous depending on context. It is written as 肉食 in kanji, にくしょく in hiragana, and nikushoku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

私は肉食をやめた。

I've given up eating meat.