Moto 菜: Vegetable; Side Dish; GreensKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- サイ
- Kun'yomi
- な
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 224 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (サイ)
- 野菜やさいvegetable
- 山菜さんさいedible wild plants
- 菜園さいえんvegetable garden
- 前菜ぜんさいhors d'oeuvre; appetizer
- 惣菜そうざいsmall dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
- 白菜はくさいnapa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage
- 総菜そうざいsmall dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
- 菜食さいしょくvegetable diet
- お晩菜おばんさいKyoto-style side dish; meal of side dishes
- お番菜おばんさいKyoto-style side dish; meal of side dishes
- じゅん菜じゅんさいwater shield (Brasenia schreberi)
- てん菜てんさいsugar beet (Beta vulgaris)
- わわ菜わわさいbaby Chinese cabbage; wawasai cabbage
- 一汁一菜いちじゅういっさいone-plate meal; simple meal
- 一汁三菜いちじゅうさんさいmeal consisting of soup, rice and three dishes (esp. namasu, nimono and yakimono)
- 主菜しゅさいmain dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish
- 乾燥野菜かんそうやさいdehydrated vegetables
- 乾菜かんさいdried vegetables
- 五菜ごさいthe five vegetables (garlic chive, Japanese leek, green onion, wasabi and mame)
- 京野菜きょうやさいKyoto vegetables; vegetables traditionally grown in and around Kyoto
- 体菜たいさいbok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis); pak choi
- 冬野菜ふゆやさいwinter vegetables
- 冷凍野菜れいとうやさいfrozen vegetables
- 冷菜れいさいcold vegetable hors d'oeuvres in Chinese cuisine
- 副菜ふくさいside dish (e.g. vegetables, beans, pickles)
- 夏野菜なつやさいsummer vegetables
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 若菜わかなyoung greens; young herbs
- 菜なgreens; vegetables
- 菜の花なのはなrape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
- 菜種なたねrapeseed; coleseed
- 青菜あおなgreens
- うぐいす菜うぐいすなyoung greens (of mizuna, Japanese mustard spinach, rape, etc.)
- うまい菜うまいなSwiss chard
- かき菜かきなkakina (green leafy vegetable of the genus Brassica)
- からし菜からしなIndian mustard (Brassica juncea); Chinese mustard
- しゃくし菜しゃくしなbok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis); pak choi
- つまみ菜つまみなrape seedlings; pinched-off vegetable seedlings
- ひの菜ひのなhinona (Japanese variety of long-rooted pickling turnip, Brassica rapa var. akana)
- みず菜みずなmizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica); potherb mustard
- みぶ菜みぶなBrassica campestris var. laciniifolia (variety of wild mustard)
- わさび菜わさびなwasabi greens; wasabi leaves
- サラダ菜サラダなbutterhead lettuce
- 乙女畦菜おとめあぜなwaterhyssop (Bacopa monnieri); brahmi
- 乾し菜ほしなdried leaves (esp. of daikon and turnip)
- 京菜きょうなmizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica); potherb mustard
- 冬菜ふゆなwinter vegetables; winter greens
- 初若菜はつわかなfirst young greens of the year
- 包み菜つつみなKorean lettuce
- 唐菜とうなtang cai (Brassica rapa var. toona)
- 大阪しろ菜おおさかしろなbok choy hybrid (Brassica campestris var. amplexicaulis) (pak choi, bokchoy)
Other readings
- お菜おかずsmall dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish
- チンゲン菜チンゲンサイbok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis; esp. cultivars with green stalks); pak choi
- ワサビ菜わさびなwasabi greens; wasabi leaves
- 乾菜汁ほしなじるhoshina soup
- 八宝菜はっぽうさいchop suey
- 剃刀菜こうぞりなhawkweed oxtongue (Picris hieracioides subsp. japonica)
- 包菜つつみなKorean lettuce
- 塌菜たあさいtatsoi (Brassica rapa); tah tsai
- 塩場菜しばなTriglochin maritima var. asiatica (variety of seaside arrowgrass)
- 壬生菜みぶなBrassica campestris var. laciniifolia (variety of wild mustard)
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