raw egg
Refers to an uncooked egg, often used in dishes like 卵かけご飯 or as a topping.
I like to eat raw egg over rice for breakfast.
This dish requires fresh raw eggs.
卵 is the general word for 'egg', while 生卵 specifically means 'raw egg'.
ゆで卵 means 'boiled egg', the cooked counterpart of 生卵.
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
Search-only form; not a standard written variant.
Alternate kanji spelling using 玉子 for 'egg'; less common but still seen.
Compound of 生 (nama, 'raw') and 卵 (tamago, 'egg'). The reading is straightforward and the meaning is transparent.