鶏肉

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 鶏肉 is read as けいにく and is a noun for chicken meat as food or a commercial product.
• Basic usage: Its commercial price appears in 鶏肉の卸売価格, while comparison with another meat appears in 牛肉と鶏肉.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Food and distribution contexts
  • It denotes the meat as food or a distributed product, not the living animal.
• Difference from チキン
  • The loanword can also mean chicken, while this term readily suits formal contexts involving ingredients, prices, or shipment volume.