菜
菜

vegetable, side dish, greens

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Common Words

野菜やさいNounFreq #2509
1

vegetable

Examples
その店は野菜を売っている。
The store deals in vegetables.
2

Slang

marijuana; cannabis

おかずお菜お数NounUsually kanaFreq #10437
1

Food, cooking

small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish

2

Colloquial; Music

fill; fill-in (drumming)

3

Vulgar expression or word; Slang; Oft. as オカズ

jack-off material; something to masturbate to

《のり》海苔ノリ紫菜NounUsually kanaFreq #14900
1

nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

Examples
うちの猫は大変海苔が好きである。
Our cat is very fond of seaweed.
菜なNounFreq #18106
1

greens; vegetables

2

rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

肴酒菜さかなNounFreq #22252
1

appetizer or snack served with drinks

Examples
豆腐は良い酒の肴になる。
Tofu goes well with good sake.
2

肴 only

performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party

山菜さんさいNounFreq #24814
1

edible wild plants

前菜ぜんさいNounFreq #27534
1

hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter

惣菜総菜そうざいNounFreq #34751
1

small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish

菜園さいえんNounFreq #35315
1

vegetable garden

Examples
彼は菜園でトマトを育てている。
He grows tomatoes in his garden.
白菜はくさいハクサイNounFreq #35953
1

napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage

Examples
1/4カットの白菜を太めの千切りにザクザク切る。
Cut the quartered pak-choi into, slightly wide, strips.
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