生なまゴミ

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Meanings

Refers to organic, wet garbage from food preparation or leftovers, as opposed to dry recyclables or burnable trash. Common in household waste sorting contexts.

生なまゴミは毎まい日にち捨すてないと臭くさくなる。
Kitchen waste starts to smell if you don't throw it out every day.
生なまゴミを堆たい肥ひにする方ほう法ほうを調しらべている。
I'm looking into how to turn food scraps into compost.

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Usage patterns

生なまゴミを出だすto put out kitchen waste for collection
毎まい週しゅう火か曜よう日びに生なまゴミを出だします。
I put out the kitchen waste every Tuesday.
生なまゴミを捨すてるto throw away kitchen waste
料りょう理りのあとで生なまゴミを捨すてた。
I threw away the food scraps after cooking.
生なまゴミを分ぶん別べつするto sort kitchen waste separately from other trash
この市しでは生なまゴミを分ぶん別べつしなければならない。
In this city, you have to sort kitchen waste separately.
生なまゴミが臭におうkitchen waste smells (bad)
夏なつは生なまゴミがすぐ臭におう。
In summer, kitchen waste starts to smell quickly.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
塵dust, trash, garbage
芥mustard, rape, dust

Don't confuse with

燃もえるゴミN3
生ゴミ is wet organic food waste specifically, while 燃えるゴミ is the broader category of burnable trash that can include paper and other combustibles.
資し源げんごみN2
生ゴミ is non-recyclable organic kitchen waste, whereas 資源ゴミ refers to recyclable materials like cans, bottles, and paper.

Written forms

生なまゴミUsage33%
Standard spelling with katakana ゴミ; the most common written form.
生なまごみUsage67%
Hiragana variant, also widely used.
生なま塵ごみUsage<1%
Uncommon kanji spelling using 塵; rarely seen.
生なま芥ごみ
Uncommon kanji spelling using 芥; rarely seen.

Etymology

Compound of 生 (なま, 'raw, fresh') and ゴミ (ごみ, 'trash, garbage'). The kanji 塵 and 芥 are older or less common ways to write ごみ.