地鶏

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 地鶏 (じどり) is a noun for a local specialty or native-breed chicken associated with a region.
• Basic usage: It appears when cooking that chicken over charcoal or using locally raised chicken as a restaurant ingredient.
  • 夕食に地鶏を炭火で焼いた。 — We grilled local specialty chicken over charcoal for dinner.
  • この店では地元で育てた地鶏を使っている。 — This restaurant uses chickens raised in the region.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Regional identity and raising method
  • 地鶏 emphasizes regional or native-breed identity; it does not by itself mean only a free-range method of raising chickens. Its reading is じどり.