肪

obese, fat

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ボウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:8

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1878

Vocabulary

ボウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
脂肪	シボウ	fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
脂肪酸	シボウサン	fatty acid
脂肪層	シボウソウ	fatty layer; layer of fat
植物性脂肪	ショクブツセイシボウ	vegetable fat
乳脂肪	ニュウシボウ	butterfat; milk fat

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
脂肪太り	しぼうぶとり	fat
トランス脂肪酸	トランスしぼうさん	trans-fatty acid; trans-fatty acids; trans fat; trans fats
脂肪細胞	しぼうさいぼう	adipocyte
褐色脂肪組織	かっしょくしぼうそしき	brown adipose tissue; brown fat
オメガ３脂肪酸	オメガさんしぼうさん	omega-3 fatty acid

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