Illustration: At a Japanese butcher's preparation counter, a butcher lifts the thick pale edge of a pork cut to show a trainee the soft fatty layer beside the firmer red muscle. Several neatly trimmed pieces of fat rest separately on a small tray.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

脂し肪ぼう

shibou

fat

Example sentences

ラクダは背中せなかのこぶに大量たいりょうの脂肪しぼうをためることができる。
A camel can store a large amount of fat in the hump on its back.
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どの辺あたりに脂肪しぼうがついているの？
Where is the fat located?
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肉体にくたいは余分よぶんなカロリーを脂肪しぼうに変かえる。
The body converts extra calories into fat.
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Kanji in 脂肪

脂fat; greaseOnシKunあぶら
肪obese; fatOnボウ

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