生
なま
Meanings
- の-adjective, Noun raw; uncooked; fresh
- natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed
- unprotected (sex); raw; bareback
- live (i.e. not recorded)
- inexperienced; unpolished; green; crude
- Noun impudence; sauciness See also: 生意気 (なまいき).
- unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer See also: 生ビール (なまビール).
- の-adjective blank (e.g. disk); unused See also: 生テープ (なまテープ).
- Prefix just a little; somehow; vaguely; partially; somewhat; half-; semi- (before an adjective)
- insufficient; incomplete; half-baked; half-hearted; perfunctory
- Noun cash
- tipsiness See also: 生酔い (なまよい).
Kanji
- 生 raw. Read as なま.
Example sentences
- 君は生のカキは食べれますか。
Can you eat raw oysters? - 君はその魚を生で食べるべきではなかった。
You shouldn't have eaten the fish raw. - 我々は魚を生で食べる。
We eat fish raw. - 我々はよく魚を生で食べる。
We often eat fish raw. - 火が起こせなかったので彼は魚を生で食べた。
As he had no way of making fire, he ate the fish raw.
Common phrases
- 生を受ける (せいをうける) to be born
- 生と死 (せいとし) life and death
- 生で食べる (なまでたべる) to eat raw (fresh)
- 生で聴く
- 生で歌う
- 新しい生
Words containing 生
- 生放送 (なまほうそう) live broadcast
- 生々しい (なまなましい) vivid (memory, description, etc.)
- 生ハム (なまハム) dry-cured ham
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