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甘菜 (かんさい, kansai) Japanese meaning: sugar beet | Kotomora

甘かん菜さい

Meanings

1

Refers to the plant Beta vulgaris, cultivated for sugar production.

北ほっ海かい道どうでは甘かん菜さいの栽さい培ばいが盛さかんです。
Sugar beet cultivation is thriving in Hokkaido.

Kanji

甘sweet, coax, pamper
菜vegetable, side dish, greens

Related words

甜てん菜さい
甜菜 is a more common term for sugar beet; 甘菜 is a less frequent variant using 甘 (sweet) instead of 甜.

Etymology

Compound of 甘 (sweet) and 菜 (vegetable/plant), literally 'sweet plant'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'sugar beet'.