脂

fat, grease, tallow, lard, rosin, gum, tar

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あぶら

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:10

JLPT:N2

Frequency:1548

Vocabulary

シ

Word	Reading	Meaning
脂肪	シボウ	fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
樹脂	ジュシ	resin; rosin
合成樹脂	ゴウセイジュシ	plastics; synthetic resins
脂肪酸	シボウサン	fatty acid
油脂	ユシ	fats and oils

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
脂	あぶら	fat; tallow; lard; grease
脂身	あぶらみ	fat (of meat); fatty meat
脂っこい	あぶらっこい	greasy; fatty; oily
脱脂粉乳	だっしふんにゅう	powdered skim milk; skimmed milk powder; non-fat dry milk
脂薬	あぶらぐすり	plaster; patch; ointment; liniment

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