根菜 こんさい Meanings Noun root vegetable Kanji 根 root. Read as コン. 菜 vegetable. Read as サイ. Example sentences ニンジンやカブは食用根菜です。Carrots and turnips are edible roots. Words containing 根菜 根菜類 (こんさいるい) root crops Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists