also: さいるい
edible greens; leafy vegetables
Refers to leafy vegetables and edible greens as a category, often in contexts like cooking, nutrition, or agriculture.
Leafy greens are rich in vitamins.
Let's include leafy vegetables in our daily meals.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading さいるい is the most common modern reading.
Rare historical reading; not used in modern Japanese.
Compound of 菜 (na, 'edible greens') and 類 (rui, 'category, kind'). The reading さいるい uses the on'yomi of both characters, while なるい is a rare historical reading.