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菜種 (なたね, natane) Japanese meaning: rapeseed | Kotomora

菜な種たね

な

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ね

Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

rapeseed; coleseed

Refers to the seed of the rapeseed plant, used for oil production. The term is common in agricultural and culinary contexts.

菜な種たねから油あぶらを搾しぼる。

Oil is pressed from rapeseed.

菜な種たね油あぶらは天てんぷらに使つかわれる。

Rapeseed oil is used for tempura.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を蒔まくto sow (rapeseed) seeds
秋あきに菜な種たねを蒔まいて、春はるに花はなが咲さくのを待まつ。
I sow rapeseed seeds in autumn and wait for the flowers to bloom in spring.
〈物もの〉から油あぶらを搾しぼるto press oil from (rapeseed) seeds
菜な種たねから油あぶらを搾しぼって料りょう理りに使つかう。
We press oil from rapeseed seeds and use it in cooking.

Kanji

菜vegetable, side dish, greens
種species, kind, class

Don't confuse with

菜なの花はな
菜種 is the seed of the rapeseed plant, while 菜の花 refers to its flowers or young greens eaten as a vegetable.
菜な種たね油あぶら
菜種 is the raw seed, whereas 菜種油 is the oil pressed from those seeds.

Counted with

粒つぶN2
grain; bead; drop · counter for small round objects

Word family

菜な種たね油あぶら
rapeseed oil; canola oil
菜な種たね殻がら
rapeseed hulls
なたねな
rape plant; oilseed rape; Brassica campestris
菜種梅雨なたねづゆ
long spell of rain in early spring

Built from

菜な+種たね

Written forms

菜な種たねUsage66%
Standard kanji spelling; no kana-only variant is specified.
なたねUsage23%
ナタネUsage11%

Etymology

Compound of 菜 (na, 'vegetable' or 'greens') and 種 (tane, 'seed'), literally 'vegetable seed'. The reading なたね is a straightforward combination.

ハリゲナタネ

pale cabbage; Asian mustard