How do you say "breast meat chicken"?


My instructor told me to say 「胸肉」-- "breast meat" -- but we got a lot of weird
looks in Japan (one waitress asked for clarification by discreetly tracing the
shape of her own breast). Since that translation was not very helpful, what's
the more common expression?




Do you mean this type of chicken meat?

[![胸肉](https://i.stack.imgur.com/80vgRm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/80vgRm.png)

Then it's (鳥)胸肉 (むねにく【LHLL】). I don't know how to call it in other ways. If it
wasn't understood, it's either because you misread the kanji or because your
pronunciation was inaccurate.

If it's clear that you're talking about a type of chicken (for example, if
you're at a _yakitori_ restaurant), just saying むね【LH】 is enough.




Do you mean this type of chicken meat?

[![胸肉](https://i.stack.imgur.com/80vgRm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/80vgRm.png)

Then it's (鳥)胸肉 (むねにく【LHLL】). I don't know how to call it in other ways. If it
wasn't understood, it's either because you misread the kanji or because your
pronunciation was inaccurate.

If it's clear that you're talking about a type of chicken (for example, if
you're at a _yakitori_ restaurant), just saying むね【LH】 is enough.

