生なま

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

unprocessed; unedited; as-is

Describes information, material, sound, reactions, and similar things in their unprocessed or unfiltered state, not necessarily food.

• 生なまのデータをそのまま公こう開かいするのは危き険けんだ。

  It is risky to publish the raw data as it is.

• 利り用よう者しゃの生なまの声こえを聞ききたい。

  I want to hear users' unfiltered opinions.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

unprotected sex; bareback

Colloquial sexual slang for doing sex without a condom or other protection; often written in kana or katakana in casual contexts.

• なまでしないで、必かならず避ひ妊にん具ぐを使つかって。

  Don't do it unprotected; always use contraception.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

live; not recorded

Used for broadcasts, performances, events, and viewing or hearing something in real time rather than as a recording.

• この番ばん組ぐみは生なま放ほう送そうです。

  This program is a live broadcast.

• その試し合あいはテレビではなく生なまで見みた。

  I watched that game live, not on TV.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

inexperienced; unpolished; crude

Used figuratively for work, ideas, skill, or a person that is still rough, immature, or not fully developed.

• その企き画かく案あんはまだ生なまで、会かい議ぎに出だすには早はやい。

  That project proposal is still too rough to bring to the meeting.

noun

impudence; cheekiness

Rough colloquial abbreviation of 生意気; mainly encountered in expressions like なま言うな, meaning not to talk cheekily or act above oneself.

See also: 生意気

• 子こ供どものくせに、なま言いってんじゃないよ。

  Don't talk so cheekily when you're just a kid.

noun

draft beer; draught beer

Abbreviation of 生ビール; very common in restaurants and bars when ordering draft beer.

See also: 生ビール

• とりあえず生なまを二ふたつください。

  We'll start with two draft beers, please.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

blank; unused

Used for unused recording media, especially in compounds such as 生テープ; this can sound dated with older media like cassette tapes.

See also: 生テープ

• 昔むかしは生なまテープを買かってラジオ番ばん組ぐみを録ろく音おんした。

  In the old days, people bought blank tapes and recorded radio programs.

prefix

somewhat; vaguely; semi-

Prefix used before adjectives to mean partly, faintly, or not fully so; often lexicalized in compounds such as 生暖かい.

• 生なま暖あたたかい風かぜが吹ふいている。

  A lukewarm wind is blowing.

prefix

incomplete; half-hearted; half-baked

Prefix indicating that something is insufficient, perfunctory, or not properly finished; common in fixed compounds such as 生返事 and 生半可.

• 生なま返へん事じばかりしないで、ちゃんと聞きいて。

  Don't just give half-hearted replies; listen properly.

noun

cash

Archaic noun sense meaning cash or ready money; not used in ordinary modern Japanese with this meaning.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、「生なま」が現げん金きんを指さすことがある。

  In old writing, 生 can refer to cash.

noun

tipsiness

Rare abbreviation of 生酔い; in modern Japanese the full form 生酔い or a word such as ほろ酔い is clearer.

See also: 生酔い

• 「生なま」は、生なま酔よいの略りゃくとして軽かるい酔よいを指さすことがある。

  生 can be used as an abbreviation of 生酔い to mean slight drunkenness.