肉

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 肉, read にく, denotes meat as food or the flesh and muscle forming a human or animal body.
• Basic usage: It covers meat as food and body tissue or muscle gained on the arms through exercise.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Food and body tissue
  • The food sense and the sense of flesh or muscle on a body are distinguished by the accompanying verb and nouns.