In today's article we will learn the types of meats, fish and seafood in the Japanese language. I hope you like this great vocabulary list. &Nbsp; Unfortunately it is not possible to put all kinds of meats, much less seafood.
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Name of Meat in Japanese
Below we will share meat types, meat cuts and Japanese meat names. The table will also include some ingredients, poultry, pork, animals, processed and referring to the butcher or meat.
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Portuguese | Japanese | Romaji |
Fillet flap | ともばら | tomabara |
Acem | 肩ロース | kataroosu |
Butcher shop | 肉屋 | nikuya |
Sirloin steak | ランプ | ranpu |
Meatball | 肉団子 | nikudanshi |
Chicken wings | 手羽先 | debasaki |
Bacon | ベーコン | beekon |
Beefsteak | ビーフステーキ | biifusuteeki |
T-bone steak | ロース | roosu |
Fillet cover | リブロース | riburoosu |
Meat | 肉 | niku |
Beef | 牛肉 | gyuuniku |
White meat. | ササミ | sasami |
Cut meat | 薄切り肉 | usugiriniku |
Poultry / chicken meat | 鶏肉 | toriniku |
Dog meat | 犬肉 | inuniku |
Lamb meat | 羊肉 | hitsujiniku |
Smoked and dried fish meat | 鰹節 | katsuobushi |
Pork | 豚肉 | butaniku |
Shredded beef | 細切り肉 | hosogiriniku |
Meat around the rib | バラ | bara |
Ground beef | ひき肉 | hikiniku |
Mackerel | 鯖 | saba |
Against fillet | サーロイン | saaroin |
sirloin fillet | サーロイン | saaroin |
Chicken heart | 鶏のハツ | niwatori no hatsu |
Rib | あばら肉 | abaraniku |
Rib | リブ | riba |
Back pork rib | 豚バラ | tonbara |
Rib and rib fillet | リブロース | ribu roosu |
Needle point rib | 骨付バラ肉 | honetsuki baraniku |
Pork chop | 豚カツ | tonkatsu |
Thigh | もも | momo |
Chicken thigh | 鶏もも肉 | niwatori momoniku |
hard thigh | 外もも | sotomomo |
soft thigh | 内もも | uchimomo |
Soft / hard thigh | 内もも肉 | uchimomoniku |
Cupim | こぶ | kobu |
Cupim | 背のこぶ肉 | senokobuniku |
Cupim | コブ肉 | kobu niku |
Thick meat slice. | 厚切り肉 | atsukiriniku |
Liver | レバー | rebaa |
Rib fillet | リブロース | riburoosu |
Filet mignon | ヒレ | hire |
Filet Mignon / Best Beef | 最上肉 | mogaminiku |
Diaper | ハラミ | harami |
Largato | 外もも | sotomomo |
Sole | カレイ | karei |
Loin | ロイン | roin |
Pork loin. | 豚の腰肉 | butanokoshiniku |
Rump brains | ランプ | ranpu |
Mocotó | 脚 | ashi |
Muscle | すね | sune |
Muscle | すね肉 | suneniku |
Bovine nerve and tendon | 牛すじ | gyuusuji |
Palette | 肩肉 | kataniku |
Pargo | 鯛 | tai |
duckling and titty | しんたま | shintama |
Pig's foot | 豚足 | tonsoku |
Chicken breast | 鶏むね肉 | niwatori mune niku |
Peru | 七面鳥 | shichimenchou |
Neck | ネック | nekku |
Neck | ネック | necku |
Picanha | イチボ | ichibo |
Picanha | 牛の腰肉 | ushi no koshi niku |
Picanha | イチボ | ichibo |
Needle point | 骨付バラ肉 | honeetsuki bara niku |
Ham | ハム | hamu |
Rabo | テール | teeru |
Racket | トンビ | tonbi |
Salami | サラミ | sarami |
Sausage | ソーセージ | sooseeji |
Types of meat | 肉類 | nikurei |
Japanese cow | 和牛 | wagyuu |
It is more common to simply say tori for chicken. That is to say, when you want to say chicken breast, just say tori no mune. We recommend reading our articles about yakitori chicken skewers.

Main meat dishes
Let's complement with a list of dishes and different ways to prepare meats (usually beef or pork). We also recommend reading our article about the meat in Japan and its curiosities.
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Portuguese | Japanese | Romaji |
Roast beef | ローストビーフ | rōsutobīfu |
Steak | ステーキ | sutēki |
Tartar steak | タルタルステーキ | tarutarusutēki |
Hamburger | ハンバーグ | hanbāgu |
Meatloaf | ミートローフ | mītorōfu |
Grilled meat | 焼肉 | yakiniku |
Grilled ginger | 生姜焼き | shōga-yaki |
Grilled chicken skewers | 焼き鳥 | yakitori |
Bulgogi | プルコギ | purukogi |
Korean barbecue | サムギョプサル | samugyopusaru |
Genghis Khan pot | ジンギスカン鍋 | jingisukan'nabe |
Sukiyaki | すき焼き | sukiyaki |
Shabushabu | しゃぶしゃぶ | shabushabu |
Meat bowl | 牛丼 | gyūdon |
Fricassee | フリカッセ | furikasse |
Horse sashimi | 馬刺し | basashi |
Yukke | ユッケ | yukke |
Carpaccio | カルパッチョ | karupatcho |
Curry Dishes | カレー料理 | karēryōri |
Frito | から揚げ | karaage |
Fried chicken | フライドチキン | furaidochikin |
Kubbe Naye | クッベ・ナーイエ | kubbenāie |

Japanese Fish Name
Below is a list of Japanese fish names. The list also has some crustaceans, seafood and anything marine that is widely consumed by the Japanese.
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Portuguese | Japanese | Romaji |
Atum | 鮪 | maguro |
Atum | ツナ | tsuna |
Codfish | 鱈 | tara |
Shrimp | 海老 | ebi |
Shrimp | 蝦 | ebi |
crab / crab | 蟹 | kanii |
Tent | 鯉 | koi |
Mackerel | 鯖 | saba |
Sea creature. | 海獣 | kaijuu |
Eel | 鰻 | unagi |
Seafood. | 魚介 | gyokai |
Seafood. | 海産食物 | kaisen shokumotsu |
Seafood. | シーフード | shiifuudo |
Gadidae / cod | タラ | tara |
Lobster | ロブスター | robusutaa |
Lula | 烏賊 | ika |
Seafood | 貝 | kai |
Medusa | 水母 | kurage |
Sea mussel | 貽貝 | igai |
Oyster | カキ | kaki |
Sea urchin | ウニ | uni |
Japanese Panopea | 波貝 | namigai |
Fish | 魚 | sakana |
Goldfish. | 金魚 | kingyo |
Little fish | ミスジ | misuji |
Arapaima | ピラルクー | pirarucu |
Octopus | 蛸 | tako |
Octopus | 章魚 | tako |
Blackfin sea bass. | 平鱸 | hirasuzuki |
Japanese sea bass. | アカメ | akame |
Sea Cow | 海牛 | umiushi |
Vieira | 扇貝 | oogigai |
Vieira | スカラップ | sukarappu |
Shark | 鮫 | same |
Frog | 蛙 | kaeru |
Sarda | かつお | katsuo |
Sardine | 鰯 | iwashi |
Sardine | マイワシ | maiwashi |
Savelhas | はまち | hamachi |
Salmon | サーモン | saamon |
Salmon | 鮭 | sake |
Turtle | 亀 | kame |
Tilapia | テラピア | terapia |

Japanese Meat and Fish Videos
To end the article as usual, let's leave some videos on Japanese meat: