kitchen waste; vegetable scraps
Refers to leftover food scraps, particularly vegetable trimmings and peelings, often in the context of kitchen disposal or composting.
We compost our kitchen scraps.
After cooking, please separate and dispose of the vegetable scraps.
Standard kanji spelling for leftover food scraps, especially vegetable waste.
Compound of 残 (ざん, 'remaining') and 菜 (さい, 'vegetable'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji directly reflect the meaning of leftover vegetable matter.