鳥肉

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 鳥肉(とりにく) refers to bird meat and can mean chicken in a food context.
• Basic usage: It is used for the meat as an ingredient, for example when cooking it with vegetables.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A spelling specific to chicken
  • 鶏肉 specifically denotes chicken meat. With 鳥肉, use the context to identify the particular kind.
• Bird and meat
  • 鳥 refers to the bird itself, whereas 鳥肉 refers to its meat.