fat

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 肪 is read ぼう, has 8 strokes, and appears in words for fat.
• Basic usage: 脂肪 is read しぼう, and 体脂肪 is read たいしぼう.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 脂肪 and 体脂肪
  • 脂肪 means fat.
  • 理科の授業で脂肪が体内に蓄えられる仕組みを習った。 means “In science class, we learned how fat is stored in the body.”
  • 体脂肪 means body fat.
  • 健康講座で体脂肪が蓄積する仕組みを学んだ。 means “In a health seminar, we learned how body fat accumulates.”