にくづき

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
肉付き 肉付 (dated) 肉づき

From 肉(にく) (niku) + 付(つ)き (tsuki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 付(つ)く (tsuku).”). The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にくづき [nìkúzúkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟zɨkʲi]

Noun

にくづき • (nikuzuki) ^{←にくづき (nikuduki)?}

1. build (of the body); the way in which one has flesh and body

Related terms

• 肉付(にくづ)け (nikuzuke)

See also

• 体付(からだつ)き (karadatsuki)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of にくづき – see the following entry.

【肉月】 [noun] The kanji component 月, appearing on the left, etymologically 肉 (“meat; flesh”) and used in words related to the body.

(This term, にくづき (nikuzuki), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)