lettuce
Refers to the vegetable lettuce (Lactuca sativa). Commonly used in cooking and daily conversation.
Please put a lot of lettuce in the salad.
I tore the lettuce by hand for the salad.
This lettuce is fresh and crisp.
焼いた肉をレタスで包んで食べた。
I wrapped the grilled meat in lettuce and ate it.
The lettuce I forgot to refrigerate went limp.
Individual leaves peeled off from a レタス are counted with 枚, as in レタスの葉を一枚とる.
Used for a whole head of lettuce, as in 「1玉」.
Borrowed from English 'lettuce'.