死肉

しにく

Also written 屍肉

Meanings

1. Noun dead flesh; carrion

Kanji

• 死 die. Read as シ.
• 肉 meat. Read as ニク.

Example sentences

• ハゲタカが突っつく死んだ鹿とか、他の動物の食べ残しとか、 そういう腐った肉を死肉と書きました。
  A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.

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