No. 1,314 in Japanese
菜
"菜" means "vegetable" or "greens."
In a sentence
スーパーで新鮮な野菜を買いました。
I bought fresh vegetables at the supermarket.
In this sentence, '菜' appears in the compound noun '野菜' (yasai), which translates to 'vegetables'. '菜' individually refers to leafy greens or edible plants, but combined with '野' means cultivated or general vegetables.
菜の花が春に咲きます。
Rapeseed flowers bloom in the spring.
Here, '菜' is used in the compound '菜の花' (na no hana), which literally translates to 'flower of greens' and refers to the rapeseed plant flowers, demonstrating a specific plant that falls under greens.
健康のために青菜をもっと食べた方がいいです。
You should eat more green leafy vegetables for your health.
The word '菜' is used in '青菜' (aona), meaning green leafy vegetables, showcasing its common usage to refer to specific types of edible greens.
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