菜

Meaning

菜 centers on edible plant matter, especially leafy greens and vegetables, and extends naturally to prepared vegetable dishes served alongside a main meal.

• 野菜やさい
  N5

  vegetable

• 菜な

  greens; vegetables

• 惣菜そうざい

  small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish

• 白菜はくさい
  N1

  napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage

• 山菜さんさい

  edible wild plants

• 若菜わかな

  young greens; young herbs

• 香菜シャンツァイ

  coriander (Coriandrum sativum); cilantro; dhania; Chinese parsley

• 菜園さいえん

  vegetable garden

• 菜の花なのはな

  rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers

• 菜食さいしょく
  N1

  vegetable diet

• 小松菜こまつな

  Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)

• 雪花菜おから

  okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu

• 前菜ぜんさい

  hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter

• 高菜たかな

  leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. integrifolia); mustard greens

• 根菜こんさい

  root vegetable

• 水菜みずな

  mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica); potherb mustard

• 搾菜ザーサイ

  Szechuan pickles; Sichuan vegetables; zha cai; pickled mustard plant stem

• 青菜あおな

  greens

• 油菜あぶらな

  rape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris)

• 菜箸さいばし

  long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)

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