菜

菜	Meanings: vegetable On Readings: サイ sai Kun Readings: な na Most Used Pronunciation: sai JLPT Level: 3 (see all JLPT 3 kanji) Grade: 4 Kanji Part: 艸 Stroke Number: 11

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Common jukugo
野菜 - や　さい ya sai - vegetables
山菜 - さん　さい san sai - edible wild plants

Useful Examples
Japanese: この野菜は英語で何と言いますか。
Romaji: kono yasai wa eigo de nan to iimasu ka.
English: What do you call this vegetable in English.

Japanese: 大きく強く成長するためには野菜を食べなさい。
Romaji: ookiku tsuyoku seichou suru tame ni wa yasai o tabenasai.
English: Eat your vegetables so that you will grow up to be big and strong.

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Notes/Mnemonic
Grass grows on top of a vegetable garden.

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.